A close to life webquest

Introduction

The European community has recently made the issue of immigration one of its main priorities and is focusing on the many problems of the harmonisation of the different inner immigration policies of its members.

The closing of the refugee camp of Sangatte in the North of France by the end of 2002 testifies of the British and French governments’ will to put an end to uncontrolled flux of immigrants inside their respective borders.

  Following the closing of ‘Sangatte’, some of the refugees who were desperately waiting there to cross the Channel to reach England were given a temporary visa enabling them to live in the promised island.

Most of the refugees first arrived in London, like Nilebeg N’Ramjaec, 25 years old, and Tepas N’Serhipotjaec, aged 19, who both fled from Kurdistan. Yet, they are not planning to stay in the capital city of England. As a matter of fact, they are planning to move in Bath and settle there permanently.

The Task

Your task will be to help one of them prepare his journey to Bath and make everything ready for him to settle there comfortably.

Nilebeg is a former cook in a traditional restaurant in Kurdistan. He is hoping to find a job in Bath or Bristol, while living in a cheap accommodation in the former city. Your task will then be to book him a train or coach ticket to Bath, as soon as you have found him a job in Bristol and some accommodation in Bath according to his wages.

  As a student, Tepas, who managed to get a study loan from the British government on his arrival to England, would like to go to the university of Bath. Your task will then be to prepare his journey to the former Roman city, after you have sorted out some accommodation for him there and help him register at the university as an overseas student finding for him the appropriate lectures according to his curriculum.

The Process

 If you chose to play Nilebeg’s part, you would:  

         
                have to find a job,                 

                have to find some accommodation,        

                have to prepare your journey from London to Bath.   

              Follow the instructions     

 If you chose to play Tepas’s part, you would :            

 
               have to register at university,        

            have to find a student accommodation,         

               have to prepare your journey from London to Bath.    

               Follow the instructions     

Help Nilebeg and Tepas understand this short excerpt from a radio programme as they are thinking of asking their younger brothers to come over to Britain.

             Listen to this project to help young refugees settle in English schools.

             Collect the worksheet to check how much you can understand.

Evaluation
 

Conclusion

Your life as a refugee is now over. You have been through all the administrative stages which should enable you to live and work in England. You are now ready to settle in Bath or anywhere in an English speaking country.

Credits & References

 Special thanks to our devoted colleagues for their most precious help and comfort.

Last updated in January, 2003.