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Flashcards covering vocabulary related to immigration, politics, and social issues.
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la revolución castrista
the Castro revolution
la riqueza
wealth
salvar
to save
seguir
to carry on/to follow
señalar
to highlight
la Unión Europea
European Union
viajar
to travel
acampar
to camp out
acoger
to accept/to embrace
adentrar
to go deep into
ahogarse
to drown
apresar
to arrest
el arraigo
support
el arribo
arrival
el asesoramiento jurídico
legal advice
autóctono
native
auxiliar
to help
buscar
to look for
caer
to fall
el centro de asistencia
refuge centre
conseguir
to get
el contrabandista
smuggler
cruzar
to cross
cuidar
to look after
deportar
to deport
los derechos
rights
descubrir
to discover
detener
to arrest
empadronar
to register
encabezar
to head/to lead
el estrecho
the Straits (of Gibraltar)
evadir
to avoid
occidental
western
pagar
to pay
la población autóctona
the native population
la pobreza
poverty
la política
policy/politics
poner en marcha
to start, to set in motion
la prensa
the Press
el producto interior bruto
Gross Domestic Product
recurrir
to resort to
regularizar
to legalise
las remesas
remittances (money)
el riesgo
risk
el sobreviviente
survivor
sospechoso
suspicious
la tasa de
the rate of
tocar tierra
to land
el traficante
trafficker
tramitar
to process (paperwork)
transportar
to carry
trasladar
to move
el trato
treatment/agreement
la travesía/el trayecto
journey
el umbral
threshold
unirse
to get together
fallecer
to die
firmar
to sign
el funcionario
civil servant
golpear
to hit
gritar
to shout
el herido
injured person
hundir
to sink
la igualdad
equality
los indocumentados
immigrants without any documents/papers
ingresar
to enter
invertir
to invest
lograr
to achieve
no obstante
nevertheless
la hostelería
hospitality sector
la igualdad
equality
el inmigrante irregular
illegal immigrant
jubilarse
to retire
la mano de obra
workforce
mantener a
to provide for
marcharse
to leave
el mercado sumergido
black market
padecer
to suffer
un país receptor
a host country
la patera
boat used by immigrants
el permiso de trabajo/de residencia
work permit/residency permit
poner rumbo a
to head to
el/la portavoz
spokesperson
procedente de
coming from
quitar
to take away
realizar
to carry out
refugiarse
to take refuge
refugiado/a
refugee
regresar
to return
rescatar
to rescue
la seguridad social
social security
sobrevivir
to survive
la tasa de natalidad
birth rate
trasladarse
to relocate/to move
la valla
wall/border
cambiar
to change
el censo
census
la ciudadanía
citizenship
las colonias
colonies
compartir
to share