Reflecting about immigration. 1º Bachillerato unit 1

After the Day of Hispanity, celebrated in most part of Spain, central and South America and by the largest minority community of the US, where it is commemorated as Columbus Day, and being preparing lessons for this week, I have thought to write a new entry in this blog about immigration, the topic we are dealing with in unit 1 of 1º Bachillerato, in which to collect some of the videos, webs and articles I could use in those lessons.

In fact, being registered in the excellent newspaper The Guardian, I have just come across with an interesting article about International students in UK, who seem to be considered as immigrants by part of the population.

What do British feel about immigration? It depends a lot but even in some isolate areas where there are not many immigrants, many people feel they make an impact in their way of life and safety, particularly those coming from certain nationalities and ethnic groups. Which are those they fear the most? Why?

Probably, many Spaniards share with British similar feelings about immigrants here. Although there has been an important drop lately due to the economic crisis, still illegal immigration from poor African countries still keeps relatively high because their permanent crisis is much more serious. Let's see this video about emigrants from Senegal and reflect about the reasons they have to risk their lives.

However, what is the terrible situation most immigrants are living now in our country? Watch this video and reflect about the causes of such a dramatic situation in order to fight against them.