Notion Spaces and Exchanges : Is leaving one’s country always a choice ?

Video : to understand the EU migrant crisis watch this video :

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/italy/11549216/The-EU-migrant-crisis-
explained-in-90-seconds.html

Script : Migrants’ crisis source : The Telegraph September 2015

The EU is facing the worst migrants’ crisis since the second World War. Wars in Irak and Syria, unrest
in the African continent have spurred an exodus of refugees.
Last year, more than 170,000 people arrived in Italy by boat fleeing violence, persecution and poverty.
Migrants pay people traffikers between £2,000 and £3,0000 for passage to Europe.
Some migrants told us « once you’ve paid you cannot go back » Flavio Di Giacomo, International
Organisation for Migration .Gangs treat them as virtual slaves, making them work for months to earn
enough money to cross to the EU. « They slap you , even if you want to urinate, sometimes they refuse »
Ebrima Jaiteh, Migrant.
Since 2013, hundreds have died from perilous sea voyages to places such as Sicily, Lampedusa and
Greece.The Italian navy patrols the coast to rescue migrants adrift at sea or stranded in the
treacherous waters. Migrants are also entering the EU by road and rail.
In August, Austrian police found 71 migrants dead from suffocation inside an abandoned lorry.
Hungary has built a fence along its Serbian border to curtail the thousands of migrants entering.
Britain and France have increased security measures around the Channel Tunnel in response to migrants
attempting to smuggle themselves to the UK hidden in lorries.
« We are going to put more fencing, more resources, more sniffer dog teams, more assistance in any
way we can in terms of resources . » David Cameron, British Prime Minister.
But as desperate refugees search for new routes into Europe, the death continues to rise.

I: Vocabulary : Match the French words to their English equivalent in the text :
Augmenter Bloqués les eaux traitresses
Agitation Gifler à la dérive
Déclencher Restreindre la marine italienne patrouille
gagner entrer clandestinement des chiens renifleurs
fuir clôture cachés

II. Reading comprehension assessment : Document 1 :

1)What is the nature of the document ?

2)What are the three main reasons why migrants are coming to Europe ?

3)Where do migrants mainly come from ?

4)What’s the role of the Italian Navy ?

5)How do the migrants get to Europe ?

6)What dangers do they face ?

The U.N. says there are 60 million people displaced worldwide — the most since the U.N. started keeping records
and the most since World War II. The U.N. has counted 15 new conflicts in the past five years, and the big one is
Syria. More than 11 million Syrians have fled or been driven from their homes in that country's civil war since it
started in 2011.Then there's the Islamic State surge in Iraq, where 3 million people have been displaced since
January 2014. Somalia, Sudan, South Sudan, Libya, Nigeria and other countries are wracked by war or insurgency.
Many people are also fleeing Eritrea, a country that's not at war but that is run by a repressive regime.

Some settle in new countries or find new places even in their own countries. But many can't do either. Turkey and
Lebanon, for example, have taken in around 3 million Syrian refugees between them. But both have restrictive laws
keeping the refugees from earning a living. So, many are on the move. Source : NPR.org (National Public Radio)

III. Reading comprehension assessment : Document 2 :

I: Vocabulary : Match the French words to their English equivalent in the text :
A travers le monde détruits
montée Insurrection
Déplacés (populations) Empêcher de
Gouverné par Gagner sa vie

1)What is the nature of the document ?

Sort out the origin, number of people, cause of migration.

origin number of people cause of migration

III. Reading comprehension assessment : Document 1 and 2 :

How do some host countries try to limit migration ?

Webquest :
Notion Spaces and Exchanges : Click on the link below, read the introduction (3lines) then read two immigrants’
stories you find striking and complete the grid.
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/ng-interactive/2015/mar/24/immigrants-in-their-own-words-100-
stories

In class you will exchange information with your partner.

(your research) (your research) (your partner’s (your partner’s

Name Name research) research)
Name Name

Home country

Host Country
Basic information :
job, family, age

Reason why
he/she left

Feelings

Positive
aspects :
What he /she
likes/enjoys
Negative
aspects

Difficulties

Why do you
find the story
striking?