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French
Etymology
Borrowed from Algerian Arabic حراقة (ḥarrāga, “burner”). Comes from their habit of burning their identity papers.
Pronunciation
Noun
harraga m (plural harragas)
- (Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia) Maghrebi clandestine emigrant trying to reach Europe, particularly through dangerous means.
- Hypernyms: clandestin, émigrant
2022 July, Lakhdar Benchiba, “En Algérie, l’appel du large”, in Le Monde diplomatique, →ISSN:Selon Madrid, près de dix mille Algériens sur un total de quatorze mille harragas sont entrés clandestinement sur le territoire espagnol en 2021, soit 20 % de plus qu’en 2020.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)