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Vocabulary on migration Flashcards

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1
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expulsion

A

deportation

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opération de recherche et de sauvetage

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to carry out/ to conduct a search-and-rescue operation

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3
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être refoulé

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to be turned back

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4
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entrer illégalement dans/ en

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to cross illegaly into

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limiter l’afflux

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to curtail/ stem the flow

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6
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reconduire à la fontière

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to deport

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7
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remplir les conditions

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to fit the requirements

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8
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faire entrer clandestinement

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to smuggle

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9
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renforcer le contrôle des frontières

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to step up border controls

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trafic d’êtres humains

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traffic in people/ human trafficking

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retenir

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to detain

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12
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déraciné

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uprooted

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13
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déplacé

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displaced

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14
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sans papier

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undocumented

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fuir un pays ravagé par la guerre

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to flee a war-torn country

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détresse

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distress

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17
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apatride

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stateless person

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18
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travailleur clandestin

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undocumented worker

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19
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élan de compassion

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outpouring of sympathy

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20
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débordé

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overwhelmed

21
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alimenter

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to fuel

22
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se dérouler

A

to play out

23
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notoire

A

notorious

24
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réinstallation forcée

A

forced resettlement

25
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demandeur d’asyle

A

asylum seeker

26
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passeur

A

trafficker/ smuggler

27
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immigrants clandestins

A

irregular migrants

28
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immigré de 1ère génération

A

first-generation immigrant

29
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s’expatrier

A

to expatriate

30
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garde-frontière

A

border guard

31
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patrouille frontalière

A

border patrols

32
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une urgence

A

an emergency

33
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regroupement familial

A

family reunification

34
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exode urbain

A

urbanization

35
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impatriation

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repatriation

36
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afflux migratoire

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influx of immigrants

37
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sous-financement des services publics locaux

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underfunding of local public services

38
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la population veillit

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the population is aging

39
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mettre la pression sur

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to put a strain on

39
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quelles sont les tendances qui ont conduit à ce vote ?

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what are the strains that contributed to this vote ?

39
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être soumis à des efforts/ des tensions

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to be under strain

40
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pays de transit

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transit countries

41
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bidonville

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shanty town

42
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camp de réfugiés

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refugee (sans s) camp

43
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infrastructures

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infrastructure (sans s)

44
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aide médicale

A

medical aid

45
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accueillir toute la misère du monde

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to accommodate all of the world’s woes

46
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résumer qc en un mot

A

to put smth in a nutshell

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