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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
traffickers
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le traffic d'êtres humains
people trafficking
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un passeur
a smuggler
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faire entrer clandestinement qqpart
to smuggle into swhere
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l'exploitation
exploitation
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un atelier clandestin
a sweatshop
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la main-d'oeuvre exploitée
sweatshop labour
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les sans-papiers
the undocumented
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un faux passeport
a fake passport
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sans espoir
hopeless
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un quota
un quota
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examiner les demandes
to process claims
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une politique d'immigration
an immigration policy
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clément
lenient
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renforcer les contrôles aux frontières
to tighten border controls
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endiguer le flot des immigrés
to stem the flow of immigrants
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fermer ses frontières
to seal one's borders
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être refoulé
to be turned away
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détenir
to detain
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mettre qqun à la rue
to evict
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expluser de qqpart
to expell from swhere
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être renvoyé dans son pays d'origines
to be deported back home
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réprimer l'immigration clandestine
to crack down on illegal immigration
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véritable, sincère
genuine
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la main-d'oeuvre qualifiée/ non qualfiée
skilled: unskilled labour
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l'aumône
hand-outs
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donner l'asile
to give shelter
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un abri de fortune
a makeshift shelter
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le sale boulot
dirty work
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des salaires inférieurs
lower wages
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s'intégrer
to integrate
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un test de citoyenneté
a citizenship test
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un sentiment d'apparence
a sense of belonging
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profiter de la diversité
to benefit from diversity
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enrichir
to enrich
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s'attaquer aux préjugés
to tackle prejudice
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briser la méfiance
to break down mistrust
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les relations raciales / entre les races
race relation
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un sentiment anti-immigrés
an anti-immigrant feeling
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attiser la haine
to stir up hand
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fuir, éviter
to shun sb/ sthg

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