Professional English LEA 3 – 2017-18

Migrants in London
Your mission:
You are part of London's new mayor's team in City Hall. Sadiq Khan is to meet Theresa May on the question of migrants
and expatriates in London so as to obtain greater autonomy as well as funds to deal with the immigration issue in the
capital.

Task 1: To help him prepare for this meeting, you have been tasked with writing a synthesis providing him with
arguments that will underline London's specificities regarding immigration in terms of the economy, human resources, but
also in terms of safety, housing, education and language skills. Your paper will include considerations as to what needs to
be done to solve the migrant crisis as well as Brexit-related issues for expatriates. Your paper must not exceed 400
words.

Task 2: Sadiq Khan also plans to initiate a common migrant project in partnership with various European capitals, starting
with Paris. He is to meet Anne Hidalgo's team. Prior to this meeting, he has asked you to translate the first 2 paragraphs of
document A (from “Sadiq Khan...” to “'London is open'”) so that Ms Hidalgo’s French team understands his position
concerning immigration in his city.

Document A: ‘London is open’ Mayor Sadiq Khan vows

to defy Brexit and offer City visas to migrants
SADIQ Khan is hoping to maintain the number of migrants entering London by implementing new visa plans for the
capital when Brexit is finally put into motion. The London mayor said a team of business representatives were "working
on a model that will ensure we can carry on recruiting and attracting talent".

When pressed on the issue of a separate work visa for migrants coming to work in the capital, Mr Khan said: "In principle
I want to make sure that my job as the mayor means supporting businesses to grow and expand, encouraging business to
come into London. “The three most important words I say when I go around the world is 'London is open'."

The former Labour MP confirmed he was planning on discussing the notion with Theresa May. Chancellor Philip
Hammond, Brexit Secretary David Davis and Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson have all been in discussion with the Mayor
of London about trying to secure the best possible deal for London.

Mr Khan said: “We are talking to business leaders, businesses, business representatives to see what we can do to make
sure London doesn't lose out on the talent, the innovation the partnership that has let us be the greatest city in the world."
The good news is the Government gets it. The good news is in all the conversations I've had with members of the
Government, from the Chancellor to the Brexit Secretary to the Foreign Secretary and others in Government, I think they
get it.”

The mayor said it was “crucial” for London to be given the chance to recruit the best people from around the world.
During a recent visit to North America where Mr Khan was promoting business investment in the British capital, the
former Tooting MP hinted he would like London to “take back control” and be given more autonomy to control tax levels,
much like New York.

As it stands, the London mayor has the ability to control just seven per cent of taxes raised within the capital, while New
York and Tokyo can keep 50 and 70 per cent respectively. The Muslim mayor did stop short of calling for London
independence, saying he was “not planning to blockade the M25”.
369 words theexpress.co.uk, September 2016
 Document B: Cartoon about migrants
by Dina Ionesco

Document C: Migrant crisis in the heart of the capital:

Hundreds found living in London shanty towns
HUNDREDS of migrants are sleeping rough in makeshift shanty towns dotted around the outskirts of London, it has been
revealed. Eastern Europeans from Romania, Bulgaria and Albania are said to be sleeping in cars and under flyovers close
to the M25, offering to work for as little as £40 a day as labourers, painters, plumbers and handy men. A huge ramshackle
settlement has been discovered in woodland in Edmonton, north east London, housing up to 30 migrants, who wait
outside a nearby builders merchant waiting to get picked up for work.

At least 10 sites have been located on the edges of the capital, from Wembley in the west to east London's Olympic
stadium, an investigation by the Sun has discovered. Some stay in tents hidden in woods, while others sleep on filthy
mattresses under bridges and flyovers, close to busy motorways. Another option is to live in a car with its wheels raised
off the road to avoid paying tax. One man, from Romania, told the newspaper he had worked for two years all over
Europe and that "it is best here in England". He said: "We can earn at least three times more here than at home and much
more than in Spain or Italy."

The number of homeless migrants sleeping rough in London has doubled in a year. While many nervy residents pass by
everyday oblivious to the migrant camps just feet away, others branded the shanty towns "a nuisance". One woman said
the migrants constantly moved to avoid detection, and started fires which made it "intimidating" to walk near them.

Vagrants from Romania, especially, now make up a fifth of the capital’s homeless as figures continue to rise, blighting
some of the wealthiest areas such as Park Lane. The staggering report found of the 7,581 rough sleepers last year, 1,388
said they were from Romania – almost double the 730 recorded the previous year. Three-quarters of the figures are
accounted for by migrants, as one in three of the total - some 36 per cent - are from Central and Eastern European
countries that joined the EU in 2004 and 2007, including Romania, Bulgaria, Latvia and Poland.

Ministers have been warned the sharp increase in homeless is due to migrants, many from former Soviet bloc EU
countries. Fewer than half of homeless people in the capital are British, according to the data reported to the Department
for Communities and Local Government. The report, which uses data from the Combined Homelessness and Information
Network, said: “Around 75 per cent of the increase in London since last year was from non-UK rough sleepers.”

369 words theexpress.co.uk, June 2016