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1
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a l’inverse

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on the contrary

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a peine

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only just, barely

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accueillir

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to receive, welcome, greet

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Algérien

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Algerian

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atteindre l’Europe

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to reach Europe

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au chômage

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unemployed

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Clandestin

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illegal (immigrant)

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connaitre une vague d’immigration

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to experience a wave of immigration

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créer des tensions

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to create tension

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davantage

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more

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déclencher

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to unleash

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des pays frontaliers

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countries around the border

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des ‘sans-papiers’

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illegal workers

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désormais

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from now on

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disparaitre

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to disappear

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docile

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calm

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emigrer

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to emigrate

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en situation irrégulière

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without official papers, illegal

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enrichir

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to enrich

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entrer clandestinement

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to smuggle in

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expulser

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to expel

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faire un test ADN

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to have a DNA test

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faire venir la famille

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to send for the family

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fardeau financier

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financial burden

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francophone

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French-speaking

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Front National

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right wing party

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fuir

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to flee

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gagner en prospérité

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to get more prosperous

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grève de la faim

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hunger strike

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HLM

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council housing

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immigrer

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to immigrate

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imposer des quotas

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to impose quotas

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issus de

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from

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la circulation des travailleurs

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movement of workers

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la citoyenneté

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citizenship

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la crise économique

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economic crisis

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la croissance économique

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economic growth

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la décennie

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decade

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la détention

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detention

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la diversité

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diversity

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la durée

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period of time

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la faiblesse de leurs revenus

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their low income

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la foi

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faith

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la frontière

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border

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la fuite des cerveaux

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‘brain drain’

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la guerre civile

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civil war

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la haine

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hate

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la locataire

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tenant

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la main-d’œuvre

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workforce

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la politique de l’immigration

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immigration policy

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la rémunération

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pay

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la sécu (slang)

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NHS

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la sécurité

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safety, security

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la sécurité sociale

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NHS

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la terre d’accueil

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host country

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la xénophobie

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xenophobia

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la zone frontalière

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border zone

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l’asile

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refuge, asylum

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le Beur

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2nd generation North African

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le bidonville

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shanty town

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le centre d’accueil

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reception centre

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le demandeur d’asile

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asylum seeker

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le droit

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right

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le durcissement

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the hardening

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le ghetto

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ghetto

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le lieu

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place

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le Maghreb

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North Africa

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le Maghrébin

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person from the Maghreb (a North African)

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le marché de travail

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labour market

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le médecin généraliste

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GP

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le mode de vie

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way of life

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le niveau de vie

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standard of living

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le patrimoine

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heritage

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le pays d’accueil

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host country

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le pays frontalier

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border country

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le pays natal

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country of birth

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le peur

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fear

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le ‘pied-noir’

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French National born in North African colony

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le plan d’austérité

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austerity plan (a plan to reduce government budget deficits)

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le racisme

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racism

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le réfugié

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refugee

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le réfugié politique

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political refugee

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le ressortissant

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emigrant (someone leaving a country)

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le rêve

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dream

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le taux de natalité

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birthrate

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le trafic d’armes

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arms (guns, etc) traficking

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le trafiquant

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trafficker

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le travail au noir

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‘moonlighting’ (paid work that you don’t pay taxes for / paid work that you do in addition to your normal job, without telling your employer)

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le xénophobe

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xenophobe

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les boucs émissaires

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the scapegoats

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les croyances

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beliefs

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les droits de l’homme

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human rights

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les impôts

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taxes

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les mœurs (f)

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customs, traditions

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les professionnels de la santé (m.pl)

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health workers

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les ressources

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resources, services

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les travailleurs en provenance de…

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workers from…

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l’extrême droite

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the far right

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l’hébergement

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accomodation

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l’Hexagone

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mainland France

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l’immigration clandestine (f)

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illegal immigration

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L’immigré (m)

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immmigrant

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l’insertion

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integration

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lointain

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far away

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main d’oeuvre

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man power

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Marocain

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Moroccan

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Naturaliser

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to naturilise

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nourrir sa famille

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to feed one’s family

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obtenir le droit d’asile

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to get right of asylum

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obtenir le statut de réfugié

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to obtain refugee status

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obtenir un permis de travail

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to get a work permit

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passer la douane

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to go through customs

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permis de sejour

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residence permit

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permis de travail

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work permit

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peu scrupuleux

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unscrupulous (not honest or fair)

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Portugais

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Portuguese

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pour des raisons familiales

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for family reasons

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pour des raisons sécuritaires

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for safety reasons

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provenir de

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to come from

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Rapatrier

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to repatriate (to send someone back to their country)

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rejoindre l’UE`

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to join the EU

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répression par la police

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police arrestment

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rivaliser

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to compete

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s’appauvrir

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to get poorer

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se réfugier

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to take refuge

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s’expatrier

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to emigrate

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s’insérer

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to integrate

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s’installer

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to settle

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s’intégrer

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to integrate

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SOS racisme

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anti racist organisation

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surpeuplé

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overcrowded

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travailler dans le bâtiment

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construction industry

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travaux publics

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public works

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traverser la frontière

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to cross the border

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un asile

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asylum

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un asile politique

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asylum

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un ayant droit

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a person entitled to something

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un bidonville

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shanty town

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un bouc émissaire

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scapegoat

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un citoyen

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a citizen

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un diplômé

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graduate (m)

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un élargissement

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enlargement, widening

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un Etat membre

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member state

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un étranger

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a foreigner

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un foyer

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a hostel

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un immigré de première/seconde génération

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first/second generation immigrant

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un ouvrier

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worker

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un permis de séjour

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a residence permit

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un permis de travail

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a work permit

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un réfugié politique

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a political refugee

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une campagne

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a campaign

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une cité de transit

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holding area

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une diplômée

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graduate (f)

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une ONG (Organisation Non Gouvernementale)

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Humanitarian Organisation

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une restriction transitoire

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restriction on movement (between countries)

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une tendance à ls hausse

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a growing tendancy

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Un fardeau financer

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Financial burden

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Obligatoirement

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Compulsorily

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Les péages

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Tolls ( cost of entry)

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Le coffre de sa voiture

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Boot of the car

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Rebrousser

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Brush against

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Le chemin

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The path

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Les pays bas

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Netherlands

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SMIC

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Minimum wage

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Les revenus

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Income

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Sous payés

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Underpaid

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Travail au noir

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Off the books

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Le patron

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The boss

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Les apatrides

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Stateless people

A Level French (17 decks)

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