abrumador =overwhelming
aconsejar =to advise
aduana =customs
adverso =unfavourable
aguantar =to put up with
aislado =isolated
el alojamiento =accommodation
la aportación =contribution, support
el asentamiento =settlement, settling
asimilar =to assimilate
aspirar a =to aspire to
atravesar (atravieso) =to cross
autóctono =native
la autonomía =autonomy
la capa social =social stratum
la chabola =shack
la chatarra =junk, scrap metal
el choque cultural =culture shock
clandestino =clandestine, undocumented
contraproducente =counter-productive
la deficiencia =failure, shortcoming
la defunción =death, passing
el delito =crime
la demografía =demography
derivar =to derive, originate
la directriz =guideline
la embajada =embassy
enfocar =to focus on
escaso =lacking, limited
escolarizar =to educate
esforzarse (me esfuerzo)= to make an effort
el estado =civil marital status
estigmatizar =to stigmatise
excomulgar =excommunicate
finalizar =to finish
foráneo =foreign
la forja =forge, foundry
el fracaso =failure
garantizar =to guarantee
hacinado =piled up
idóneo =suitable
impedir (impido) =to prevent
la infravivienda =sub-standard housing
injustificable =unjustifiable
instalarse =to settle in
el logro =success
la multiculturalidad =multiculturism
el nacimiento =birth, origin
nativo =native
la obligatoriedad =obligatory nature
el paisaje =landscape
persistir =to persist
la población =population
proceder de =to come from
la propuesta =proposal
quejarse =to complain
relegado =relegated
el requisito =requirement
residir =to reside, to live in
el sacrificio =sacrifice
segregado =segregated
la ubicación =location
la venta ambulante =street trading