CLIL History

DIFFICULTIES IN WESTERN SOCIETIES AND THE RISE OF NEW WORLDS (1971-2018) Migrations. The Balkan Route Starting from 2015, refugees from the conflicts in Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan have set out for Central Europe along the Balkan route, a path that usually begins in Turkey and passes through Greece, Macedonia, Bulgaria and Serbia. The arrival of more than one million refugees, among which it is often difficult to distinguish economic migrants from refugees claiming the right to asylum, has had a strong impact on the political situations in Europe. Some countries in Central Eastern Europe, such as Hungary, have closed their borders. They justify their decisions by declaring that they are worried about the constant migrations of their younger citizens toward Western Europe, and they are afraid of losing their cultural identity. Germany has opened its borders to refugees with the intention of integrating them into its labour market, but this project has raised strong tensions. The management of the flow of migrants is a very controversial issue because it influences the relationships among European countries, especially those which are members of the European Union, and the relationships between the EU and the countries to the South of the Mediterranean Sea. ACTIVITY 4.D Read the text Migrations. The Balkan Route and then find the expressions that correspond to the definitions in the activity. 1. Someone who leaves his country to improve his economic conditions. ... .......................... ............. 2. An international organization comprising 28 countries that pursues common economic, social, and safety policies 3. The sense of belonging to a common heritage, a system of principles, beliefs and traditions ... .......................... ............. The right to live in a foreign country that is given to a person who faces persecution in his/her mother country ... .......................... ............. A person who leaves his/her country to escape danger, famine or persecution ... .......................... ............. ... .......................... ............. 4. 5. ACTIVITY 4.E Complete the text below by inserting the words given. citizenship reactions living quotas Syrians homelands crises asylum focuses Detections 2010-15 50 5,000 50,000 75,000 100,000 300,000 Balkan n route 110,000 irregular crossings from 94 countries: r Kosovo (48%) Afghanistan (19%) Syria (10%) Circular route from Albania to Greece 60,000 irregular crossings from 56 countries: Albania (95%) Afghanistan (1%) Palestine (1%) Eastern borders route 6,500 irregular crossings from 56 countries: Georgia (17%) Moldova (16%) Afghanistan (12%) Black Sea route 650 irregular crossings from 7 countries: Afghanistan a (12%) Syria (2 (21%) Iraq (16%) % Western Mediterranean route 40,000 irregular crossings from 62 countries: Not specified (24%) Algeria (21%) Marocco (7%) Western African route 1,300 irregular crossing from 26 countries: Marocco (56%) Mali (7%) Guinea (6%) 62 Central Mediterranean route 310,000 1 irregular crossingss from 83 ccountries: Syria (17%) Eritrea (15%) 5% Tunisia (11%)) Eastern s Mediterranean ed route 240,000 irregular crossings from 113 countries: Afghanistan (31%) Syria (26%) Pakistan (9%) Migrant Flows in the 21st Century In 2015 around 244 million people were migrants, that is residents in countries which were different from their ............ ... . On the one hand, migrations are the only possible response to dangerous ............ ... or to the need for better ............ ... conditions. On the other, migrations may cause political and social ............ ... in the host countries. At the end of 2015, 1,200,000 ............ ... requests were submitted within the territory of the European Union, mainly by ............ ... , Afghans and Iraqis. The current political debate in Europe ............ ... on the policies toward migrations, on the possible introduction of ............ ... for migrants and on the criteria by which ............ ... is to be granted to newcomers to European countries.