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32 Cards in this Set
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Amnesty
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A time when people admit to things (like flying without a visa) without getting in trouble
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Asylum
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Protection given to people who left country because of persecution
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Black market
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Buying and selling things against formal laws and regulations
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Census
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Official survey to find out how many people live in a country, and also their age, gender, and occupation
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Deportation
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Official removing someone from a country, such as an irregular migrant to leave
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Destination country
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Any country to which a migrant travels to
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Drought
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A shortage of rain, or water
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Ethnic
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Belonging or relating to a particular group of people, like racial, national, or cultural background
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Fundamentalist
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Strictly adhering to the traditional teaching of a religion
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Fusion
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The mixing, or melting, of different things
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Green card
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A card that identifies the holder as a non US citizen who has permission to live and work in the US
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Hospitality
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Relating to businesses in which in which people are provided food, housing, entertainment, such as restaurants, hotels, and bars
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Indigenous
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Native to or originating from a particular place, usually at or near it is found
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Logistical
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Having to do with coordinating people, organizations, and supplies
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Lottery
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A competition in which the winners are picked randomly out of everyone who entered
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Mentor
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Someone who provides advice, help, and inspiration to younger or less expirienced
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Naturalized
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To have gained citizenship of another country
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Non-Refoulment
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When people cannot be returned to a country where their lives or freedom may be in danger
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Persecution
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Being targeted with crime because of your religion, social background, etc.
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Professional
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Someone in a job requiring high levels of learning, experience, etc.
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Ratify
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To approve something
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Refuge
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Seasonal
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Sector
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An area or part of a larger thing
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Social security
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A social insurance plan that helps people in need, usually paid by taxes
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Traumatic
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Something that is frightening or unpleasant, which can have a long term emotional effect
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Tuberculosis
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An infectious disease that primarily affects the lungs
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Unscrupulous
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Without personal standards of what is good and right
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Vaccinated
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Having been inoculated against infectious diseases
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Visa
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A stamp or document added to a passport allowing the traveler to enter or leave country that issued the visa
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West Germany
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One of the two nations, along with East Germany, created by the victorious Allied forces following the defeat of Nazi Germany world war two. the two were reunified is one country in 1990, at the end of the Cold War
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Xenophobia
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And irrational fear of foreigners or strangers
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