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L'immigration
AQA A2 Level French multicultural society vocabulary -immigration
| French | English |
|---|---|
| le “pied noir” | former colonist |
| accueillir | to receive, welcome |
| l’afflux (m) | influx |
| l'ascension sociale | social advancement |
| l'asile politique | political asylum |
| le bidonville | shanty town |
| le camp de réfugiés | refugee camp |
| la carte de séjour | residence permit |
| la carte de travail | work permit |
| le centre d’accueil | reception centre |
| chercher asile | to seek asylum |
| le clandestin | illegal immigrant |
| de souche | native born |
| le demandeur d’asile | asylum seeker |
| la diversité | diversity |
| émigrer | to emigrate |
| en baisse | falling |
| en hausse | rising |
| en situation irrégulière | illegal, without papers |
| l’éthnicité (f) | ethnicity |
| ethnique | ethnic |
| étranger | foreign |
| l’Europe de l’est | eastern Europe |
| la frontière | border |
| fuir | to flee |
| le ghetto | ghetto |
| l’immigration (f) | immigration |
| l’immigration clandestine (f) | illegal immigration |
| l’immigré (f) | immigrant |
| issu de l’immigrationn | of immigrant origin |
| le migrant | migrant |
| la minorité éthnique | ethnic minority |
| le mode de vie | way of life |
| le nouvel arrivant | new arrival |
| originaire de | from |
| le patrimoine | heritage |
| le pays d’accueil | host country |
| le “pied noir” | former colonist |
| la provenance | origin |
| le réfugié | refugee |
| le ressortissant | national, imigrant |
| le sans-papiers | illegal immigrant |
| se réfugier | to take refuge |
| la terre d’accueil | host country |
| le travail au noir | “moonlighting” |
| la vague d’immigrant | wave of immigration |
| le lieu | place |
| la durée | period of time |
| provenir de | to come from |
| lointain | far away |
| un asile | asylum |
| la faiblesse de leurs revenus | their low income |
| la/la locataire | tenant |
| surpeuplé | overcrowded |
| davantage | more |
| un ouvrier | worker |
| la décennie | decade |
| à peine | only just, barely |
| à l’inverse | on the contrary |
| désormais | from now on |
| la zone frontalière | border zone |
| le durcissement | the hardening |
| insuffisant | insufficient |
| être soumis à | to be subject to |
| hors | except for, apart from |
| la prestation sociale | social security benefit |
| entraîner | to lead to |
| faire grand bruit | to cause an outcry |
| prévoir | to plan |
| la trêve | truce |
| le bidonville | shanty town |
| les tsiganes, les Roms | gypsies |
| au petit matin | early in the morning |
| les forces de l’ordre | the police |
| la fuite | escape |
| être prié de | to be requested to |
| d’une traite | without stopping on the way |
| réduire en morceaux | to smash to pieces |
| puiser | to draw from |
| le terrain vague | waste land |
| un ayant droit | a person entitled to something |
| une ONG: organistation non gouvernementale | an NGO; non-governmental organisation (humanitarian organisation) |
| faire bondir | enrage |
| à charge | independent (person) |
| une erreur judiciaire | miscarriage of justice |
| les actes répréhensibles (mpl) | wrongdoing |
| les méfaits (mpl) | wrongdoing |
| un titre de séjour | residence permit |
| une démarche | step |
| déposer | deposit, submit |
| la préfecture | authorities, administrative centre |
| suer | to sweat |
| broyer | to crush |
| être astreinte | to be forced |
| en toute connaissance de cause | with full knowledge of the facts |
| maroquinerie (f) | leather industry, leather goods |
| être pris au piège | to be trapped |
| un atelier | workshop |
| la tâche | chore |
| la confection | clothes industry |
| la liberté de parole | freedom of speech |
| au sein de | inside, within |
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