Migration

Key Issue : Why Do People Migrate?

Define the following words and phrases

○    asylum

○    diaspora

○    emigrate

○    migrate

○    refugee

○    push factors

○    forced migration

○    IDPs (internally displaced persons)

○    pull factors
○    undocumented immigrant

Viewing and Writing Activity 1

Watch the following video from this site 

https://www.ted.com/talks/tan_le_my_immigration_story and answer the following questions

1. When and how did the speaker and her family flee Saigon.
2. What was their destination?
3. Why was this journey risky?
4. Why do you think the boat was disguised as a fishing vessel?
5. In case of capture, what did the speaker’s mother plan to do?
6. How long were they at the refugee camp?
7. What do you understand by ‘the snippets of halting English’
8. Describe the challenges that the family experienced in Melbourne.
9. Write down three adjectives to describe Tan Le’s mother. Give reasons for the adjectives chosen.
10. What does Tan Le mean when she says ‘ I have stepped outside my comfort zone’

Viewing Activity 2

The Story of two survivors

https://www.ted.com/talks/melissa_fleming_a_boat_carrying_500_refugees_sunk_at_sea_the_story_of_two_survivors

1. How old was Dooa when she left Egypt?
2. Where was she originally from?
3. How much was paid to the smugglers?
4. In your own words, explain what the word premonition means.
5. Why were the passengers getting agitated by day four?
6. Why did the boat sink?
7. Complete the blanks in the following paragraph using words from the list  below

Complete the blanks in the following paragraph using words from the list  below

1. influx

   flee

   overwhelmed

   driven

   welcomed

   temporary

   
   
   And the communities, the neighboring countries that once _______________ them with open arms and hearts are _______________. There are simply not enough schools, water systems, sanitation. Even rich European countries could never handle such an _______________ without massive investment. The Syria war has _______________ almost four million people over the borders, but over seven million people are on the run inside the country. That means that over half the Syrian population has been forced to _______________. Back to those neighboring countries hosting so many. They feel that the richer world has done too little to support them. And days have turned into months, months into years. A refugee's stay is supposed to be temporary_______________.

Homework 1

Research on the following.

1.  Define the following:

a.       undocumented immigrant

b.      illegal immigrant

c.       illegal alien

        2. Do you think that they are criminals? Why or why not?

           Note: You must at least cite two sources.

Homework 2

Prepare note  for an IOC  based on the photo below.( no more than 10 bullet points)

https://panampost.com/fergus-hodgson/2014/07/21/immigration-reform-hundreds-of-protests-nationwide-say-no-way-jose/