MDL Theme 3
MDL Theme 3
9 Refugees and Asylum seekers / immigration terms
I am going to introduce the topic of immigration that affects millions of people around the world. In our study, we will focus on the city of London in England, especially the areas where migrantsespecially the neighborhoods where migrants are staying, the slums... they even often find themselves in the parking lots to find jobs
- Destitution
- noun, poverty so extreme that one lacks the means to provide for oneself
syn : penury, poverty
- Example: these people represent the destitute of their country
- en: misère, dénuement
- Downturn
- a decline in economic, business, or other activity
syn : setbacks, upsets, reverses
- Example: there is a downturn in economy
- en: ralentissement
- Nightmare
- noun, something (such as an experience, situation, or object) having the monstrous character of a nightmare or producing a feeling of anxiety or terror
syn : agony, horror, misery
- Example: for immigrants, their life is a nightmare
- en: cauchemar
- No man's land
- an area of unowned, unclaimed, uninhabited land or disputed, as between two opposing lines
syn : barren, disert, wasteland
- en: terre inhabitée
- Outskirts
- the outer parts of a town or city
syn : suburbia, purlieus
antonyme : downtown
- en: périphérie
- Penniless
- adj, having no money
syn : poor, destitute
ant : wealthy
- Example: all immigrants were penniless
- en: sans un sou
- Reluctant
- slow to begin or proceed with a course of action because of doubts or uncertainty
syn : skeptical, unwilling
- en: sceptique, hésitant
- Smuggle
- to move goods or persons illegally into or out of a country
syn : transact, bargain
ant : boycott, blackball
- en: faire passer, introduire clandestinement
- Squalor
- The condition of being extremely dirty and unpleasant, often because of lack of money.
syn : misere
- Example: These people are forced to live in squalor. It was a dirty, damp, smelly flat.
- en: misère