Monday, 24 February 2014

Illegal immigrants into Europe

Thousands of Africans try to make the journey to Europe each year. The BBC News website gives information about the routes they travel, the cause of this movement and some of its impacts as well as personal stories.

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Migrants and asylum in the EU

Use the Q&A section on this link to write notes on the following questions:

How big is the migration challenge affecting Europe now?

How does the Mediterranean compare with other entry points?

Where do most of the migrants come from?

How is the EU reacting to the current migrant problem?

How do migrants get asylum status in the EU?

How many asylum applications are successful?


Using the 'Mapping migrant routes' tab, complete a similar map showing the main migration routes from Africa into EU.

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