Former IS Fighter Wants to Leave France, But Algeria Won't Take Him Back
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A man in France was once a fighter for Daesh. Daesh is another name for the Islamic State group. This group fought wars in the Middle East.
Now the man wants to leave France. He wants to go and live in Algeria. But he has a big problem.
Algeria does not want him. The country will not let him come back and live there.
The man says he never felt French. He says he will never feel French. He wants to be in Algeria, his family's country.
But because Algeria says no, he is stuck in France. He cannot leave. He cannot get a new life in Algeria.
This story shows a hard problem. Some countries do not want people who fought for terrorist groups. This makes it hard for these people to find a new home.
Vocabulary15 words
- Daesh
- another name for a violent group called Islamic State
- Islamic State
- a violent group that fought wars and hurt many people
- stuck
- not able to move or leave a place
- terrorist
- a person who uses violence to scare people
- refuse
- to say no to something
- combatant
- a person who fights in a war
- national
- someone who belongs to a country
- return
- to go back to a place
- identity
- who a person is or feels they are
- origin
- where someone or something comes from
- citizenship
- the legal right to belong to a country
- block
- to stop something from happening
- conflict
- a fight or war between groups
- border
- the line between two countries
- authorities
- the people in charge, like the government
Quiz
Answer key
1. Daesh/Islamic State 2. Algeria 3. False
Fill-in-the-blank listening
Play the audio again and fill in the missing words as you listen.
A man in France was once a fighter for _____. Daesh is another name for the Islamic State group.
Now the man wants to _____ France. He wants to go and live in Algeria.
Algeria does not want him. The country will not let him come back and _____ there.
The man says he never felt _____. He says he will never feel French.
But because Algeria says _____, he is stuck in France.
This story shows a hard problem. Some countries do not want people who fought for _____ groups.