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L'immigration
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| to welcome, to host | accueillir |
| welcoming | accueillant(e) |
| a land of welcome (re: immigrants) | une terre d'accueil |
| residency card; residence permit | une carte/un titre de séjour |
| a green card (in the US) | une carte verte |
| a citizen | un(e) citoyen(ne) |
| citizenship | la citoyenneté; la nationalité |
| possessing two citizenships | la double citoyenneté/nationalité |
| an illegal alien | un(e) (immigré(e)) clandestin(e) |
| a melting pot, a fusion of cultures/nationalities | un creuset |
| the right to asylum | le droit d'asile |
| an asylum seeker | un demandeur, une demandeuse d'asile |
| a foreigner | un étranger, une étrangère |
| foreign | étranger, étrangère |
| to expel, to deport | expulser |
| a border | une frontière |
| an immigrant | un(e) immigré(e) |
| region in North Africa | le Maghreb |
| person from Maghreb | un(e) Maghrébin(e) |
| of or relative to the Maghreb | maghrébin(e) |
| labor force | la main-d'œuvre |
| to repatriate or send back to country of origin | rapatrier |
| racism | le racisme |
| racist | raciste |
| a race (as in ethnicity) | une race |
| a refugee/asylum seeker | un(e) réfugié(e) |
| an undocumented immigrant | un(e) sans papier |
| veil | le voile |
| xenophobia or fear of the other, of those different from us | la xénophobie |
| xenophobic | xénophobe |
| Arabic acronym for the Islamic State | Daesh |
| the territory of member states of the EU who agreed to eliminate all internal border controls; the unprecedented recent migrant crisis has caused some European leaders and citizens to call for abandoning this open-border model | l'espace Schengen |
| assimilation; a model of immigration in which the immigrant leaves behind their original culture, language, and values in favor of those of the adaptive country | l'assimilation |
| integration; immigrants still retain their original identity, yet fully become a part of the society that welcomes them | l'intégration |