Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
la politique « d’immigration choisie-subie »
English translation:
"chosen versus unchosen" immigration policy
Added to glossary by
Carol Gullidge
Mar 27, 2007 21:52
17 yrs ago
French term
United Kingdom
poetically precise prose with... panache
Native in: English 
Works in: French to English, Spanish to English, English
la politique « d’immigration choisie-subie »
French to English
Social Sciences
Government / Politics
immigration
Fort de plus de 100 000 signatures contre la politique « d’immigration choisie-subie », et de plus de huit cents membres, le collectif veut faire entendre leurs voix...
The "collectif" in question is "le collectif Uni(e)s contre une immigration jetable" or CUIJ
Does anyone know if there is a special term for this policy in English?
Many thanks
The "collectif" in question is "le collectif Uni(e)s contre une immigration jetable" or CUIJ
Does anyone know if there is a special term for this policy in English?
Many thanks
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +4 | "chosen-unchosen immigration" policy |
Raymonde Gagnier
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| 4 +6 | selective immigration |
Frank Foley
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Proposed translations
+4
9 hrs
Raymonde Gagnier
Canada
Canada
Native in French
&
English
Canada
Also a narrator/je suis aussi narratrice
Native in: French (Variant: Canadian) 
, English
Works in: English to French
Related KudoZ points
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8
Selected
"chosen-unchosen immigration" policy
This is often used to describe this...
...care for the poor or for immigrants, even those who have paid no taxes. ... fall clearly on the chosen side of the chosen/unchosen spectrum, or are ...
journals.cambridge.org/article_S0265052502191023
I guess you might say he’s been anti-immigration for a long time. ... I don’t buy into the unchosen versus chosen people ideology, and I declare my ...
www.mediaspin.com/blog/?cat=15
The french seem to get along pretty well with their muslim immigrants. ... We, the "Unchosen", look to you for real guidance beyond words...for ACTION. ...
digg.com/politics/France_to_USA_Sign_Climate_Treaty_Or_Face_Tax
...care for the poor or for immigrants, even those who have paid no taxes. ... fall clearly on the chosen side of the chosen/unchosen spectrum, or are ...
journals.cambridge.org/article_S0265052502191023
I guess you might say he’s been anti-immigration for a long time. ... I don’t buy into the unchosen versus chosen people ideology, and I declare my ...
www.mediaspin.com/blog/?cat=15
The french seem to get along pretty well with their muslim immigrants. ... We, the "Unchosen", look to you for real guidance beyond words...for ACTION. ...
digg.com/politics/France_to_USA_Sign_Climate_Treaty_Or_Face_Tax
Note from asker:
| Thanks, rouselures for your help, and all the peers! |
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Jock
3 hrs
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Merci Jock!
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| agree |
xuebai
: oui il s'agit bien de cela. il s'agit en effet de l'immigration dite "choisie" censee de repondre aux besoins economiques des entreprises et la limitation de l'immigration "subie" c'est-a-dire non choisie, non decidee, de facto
8 hrs
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Merci Xuebai!
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| agree |
Swatchka
11 hrs
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Merci Swatchka!
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| agree |
stolley
1 day 1 hr
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Merci Sarah!
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: " I'm using a very slight modification from 1 of your refs. Thanks again!"
+6
24 mins
selective immigration
Or, as Ali G would have it, "Is it because I is black?" ;-))))
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Note added at 1 day16 hrs (2007-03-29 14:22:22 GMT) Post-grading
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Carol: is it because I is white? (titter titter)
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Note added at 1 day16 hrs (2007-03-29 14:22:22 GMT) Post-grading
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Carol: is it because I is white? (titter titter)
Note from asker:
| Sounds very feasible, and thanks for the laugh! I'm afraid I'm piking off to bed now....zzzz |
| Wish I could have split the points for this, as it's just as valid. And the BBC nearly swung it for me. Many thanks! |
| ;-)))) ;-)))) !! |
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
cmwilliams (X)
31 mins
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| agree |
Vicky Papaprodromou
1 hr
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| agree |
Sylvia Smith
7 hrs
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| agree |
Julie Barber
: see note above
12 hrs
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| agree |
Emma Paulay
: I would say that's the correct term for immigration choisie, but what about the subie? Would "insufferably selective" work in your context Carol?
14 hrs
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| agree |
Swatchka
20 hrs
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