Vocabulary for Inmigracion
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| inmigrante | immigrant
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| emigrar | to emigrate
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| emigrante | emigrant
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| la inmigración | immigration
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| De origen inmigrante | of immigrant origin
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| nacional | national
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| segunda generación de inmigrantes | second generation immigrants
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| el asilo | asylum
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| el asilo político | political asylum
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| el colono | colonist
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| la antigua colonia | former colony
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| país receptor | host country
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| pluriempleo | "moonlighting", having multiple jobs
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| límites, frontera | border
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| limítrofe | bordering, neighbouring
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| inmigración ilegal | illegal immigration
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| inmigrante ilegal | illegal immigrant
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| sin papel | illegal immigrant (lit. without papers)
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| refugiado | refugee
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| buscador de asilo | asylum seeker
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| creciente | rising
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| decreciente | falling
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| llegada | influx, arrival
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| ola de inmigración | wave of immigration
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| recién llegado, nueva llegada | new arrival
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| chabolas | shanty town
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| patrimonio, herencia | heritage
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| diversidad | diversity
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| estilo de vida | way of life
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| dar la bienvenida | to welcome
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| huir | to flee
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| centro de acogida | welcome centre
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| refugiarse en | to take refuge in
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| gueto | ghetto
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| Marroquí | Moroccan
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| Tunecino | Tunisian
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| Argelino | Algerian
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| Europa del este | eastern Europe
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| raza | race
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| autóctono | native born
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| étnico | ethnic
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| etnicidad, origen étnico | ethnicity
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| minoría étnica | ethnic minority
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| extranjero | foreign
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| ajeno | foreign, alien
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| rumano | Romanian
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| gitano | Gypsy
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| Iberoamerica | Latin America
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| Europa Occidental | Western Europe
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| Africa subsahariano | Subsaharan Africa (e.g. Gambia, Nigeria, Senegal)
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| Senegalés | Senegalese
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| Nigeriano | Nigerian
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| patera | type of boat used by immigrants to arrive from Africa
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| clandestino | clandestine
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| Estrecho Gibraltar | Straight of Gibraltar
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| Ceuta y Melilla | Spanish provinces in Northern Africa
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| datos | data
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| la masificación | overcrowding
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| denunciar | to complain about, to report
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| quejarse | to complain
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| presentar una denuncia | to make a complaint
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| abrir una vía a | to open the way for
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| amenazador | threatening, menacing
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| la camioneta | van
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| correr el riesgo | to run the risk
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| el 'efecto llamada' | the 'pull effect', (phenomenon of being drawn to a different country)
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| empezar de cero | to start from scratch
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| el influjo migratorio | influx of migrants
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| vigilar las fronteras | to watch the borders
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| mojado, espalda mojada | wetbacks (pejorative term for Mexican migrants who arrive in Texas by crossing the Rio Grande)
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| la patrulla | patrol
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| los cadáveres | cadavers, dead bodies
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| los barcos de salvamiento | rescue ships
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| la embarcación | vessel, boat
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| embarcar | to board (a ship)
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| las ondulaciones, las olas | the waves
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| el polizón | stowaway
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| morir ahogado | to die from drowning
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| ahogarse | to drown
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| el naufragio | shipwreck
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| naufragir | to wreck/sink (ships)
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| estar a salvo | to be rescued
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