More Than 3,000 Migrants Wait on Streets of Ceuta
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More than 3,000 migrants are on the streets in Ceuta. Ceuta is a Spanish city in Africa. Many people came to Ceuta by boat or by land.
The Spanish government talks about a 'pull effect'. This means more people come because they hear other people can enter. The government is worried about this.
Workers are moving migrants from the beaches to a new camp at the port of Ceuta. A camp is a place with tents for people to sleep. The port is where boats stop.
There is tension during this move. Tension means people feel stress or worry. Some migrants do not want to move.
A man named Cembrero says the new camp is a kind of 'relief'. Relief means the problem gets a little better. But he also says, 'We are very far from normal.'
This means the situation is still very hard. Many people still need help, food, and a safe place to sleep.
Ceuta is a small city. It is hard for the city to help so many people at one time. The government must find a good plan soon.
Vocabulary7 words
- migrants
- people who move to another country
- pull effect
- when more people come because others got in before
- beaches
- sandy land next to the sea
- camp
- a place with tents for people to stay
- port
- a place where ships stop
- tension
- a feeling of stress or worry
- relief
- when a problem gets a little better
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1. More than 3,000 2. At the port of Ceuta 3. False
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More than _____ migrants are on the streets in Ceuta.
Ceuta is a Spanish city in _____.
The Spanish government talks about a '_____ effect'.
Workers are moving migrants from the _____ to a new camp.
The new camp is at the _____ of Ceuta.
There is _____ during this move.
Cembrero says the new camp is a kind of '_____'.
He also says, 'We are very far from _____.'
Many people still need help, food, and a safe _____ to sleep.
It is hard for the city to help so many people at one _____.
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