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des attentes

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expectations

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demander asile

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to seek asylum

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un demandeur d’asile

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an asylum seeker

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chercher de l’aide

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to seek help

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échapper à la pauvreté

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to escape poverty

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un exode

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an exodus

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fuir (l’oppression)

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to flee (oppression)

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des populations déplacées

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displaced populations

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chercher à fuir la guerre

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to seek refuge from de war

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des travailleurs migrants

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migrant workers

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un travailleur immigré

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a guest worker /gest/

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être attiré par un pays

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to be attracted to a country

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chercher une vie meilleure

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to be in search of a better life

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l’attrait exercé par les emplois bien rémunérés

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the lure of well-paid job

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faire fortune

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to make a fortune

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rompre avec le passé

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to break with the past

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partir de rien

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to start from scratch

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prendre un nouveau départ

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to start anew/afresh/over

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vouloir qqch à tout prix/être prêt à tout

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to be desperate for sthg/ to do sthg

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un immigré clandestin

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an illegal immigrant

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sans autorisation

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unauthorized

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un clandestin

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an illegal alien

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entrer clandestinement/furtivement

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to sneak into swhere

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un passager clandestin

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a stowaway

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des trafiquants

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traffickers

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le traffic d’êtres humains

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people trafficking

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un passeur

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a smuggler

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faire entrer clandestinement qqpart

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to smuggle into swhere

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l’exploitation

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exploitation

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un atelier clandestin

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a sweatshop

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la main-d’oeuvre exploitée

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sweatshop labour

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les sans-papiers

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the undocumented

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un faux passeport

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a fake passport

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sans espoir

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hopeless

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un quota

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un quota

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examiner les demandes

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to process claims

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une politique d’immigration

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an immigration policy

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clément

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lenient

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renforcer les contrôles aux frontières

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to tighten border controls

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endiguer le flot des immigrés

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to stem the flow of immigrants

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fermer ses frontières

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to seal one’s borders

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être refoulé

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to be turned away

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détenir

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to detain

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mettre qqun à la rue

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to evict

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expluser de qqpart

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to expell from swhere

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être renvoyé dans son pays d’origines

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to be deported back home

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réprimer l’immigration clandestine

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to crack down on illegal immigration

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véritable, sincère

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genuine

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la main-d’oeuvre qualifiée/ non qualfiée

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skilled: unskilled labour

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l’aumône

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hand-outs

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donner l’asile

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to give shelter

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un abri de fortune

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a makeshift shelter

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le sale boulot

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dirty work

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des salaires inférieurs

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lower wages

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s’intégrer

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to integrate

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un test de citoyenneté

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a citizenship test

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un sentiment d’apparence

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a sense of belonging

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profiter de la diversité

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to benefit from diversity

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enrichir

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to enrich

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s’attaquer aux préjugés

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to tackle prejudice

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briser la méfiance

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to break down mistrust

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les relations raciales / entre les races

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race relation

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un sentiment anti-immigrés

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an anti-immigrant feeling

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attiser la haine

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to stir up hand

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fuir, éviter

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to shun sb/ sthg

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