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Record 1 2011-09-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Population Movements
  • General Vocabulary
OBS

A particular class of immigrants, considered as "undesirables". The term "vicious class" is more readily used in the plural.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mouvements de population
  • Vocabulaire général
DEF

Catégorie d'immigrants considérés comme indésirables et misérables à la société, tels, par exemple, les criminels.

OBS

On se sert beaucoup du terme «indésirable», au Canada comme aux États-Unis, pour désigner les immigrants qui sont de mauvais sujets et ne pourraient, pour une raison quelconque, devenir de bons citoyens : les «indésirables»

Spanish

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