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AQA A2 Level French multicultural society vocabulary -immigration

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