Police Tell Judge Moroccan Officers Guided Mass Entry Into Ceuta
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Many people entered the Spanish city of Ceuta at the same time.
Ceuta is a Spanish city in North Africa, near Morocco.
Spanish police talked to a judge about this event.
The police said Moroccan gendarmes helped the people enter.
Gendarmes are police officers who work for the government in Morocco.
The police said plainclothes agents gave orders to the gendarmes.
Plainclothes agents are police who do not wear a uniform.
The police said this was not only about migration.
Migration means people moving to live in another country.
They think there was a different reason for the entry.
The police call this a possible operation.
An operation is a planned action by a group.
The judge is now looking into this case.
No other details are known yet.
Vocabulary8 words
- police
- people whose job is to keep order and stop crime
- judge
- a person who decides things in a court
- gendarmes
- police officers who work for a government
- plainclothes
- not wearing a uniform
- migration
- moving to live in another country
- operation
- a planned action done by a group
- entry
- coming into a place
- mass
- very large in number
Quiz
Answer key
1. A large group of people entered at the same time 2. Moroccan gendarmes 3. It had a different purpose too
Fill-in-the-blank listening
Play the audio again and fill in the missing words as you listen.
Many people entered the Spanish city of _____ at the same time.
Ceuta is a Spanish city in North Africa, near _____.
Spanish _____ talked to a judge about this event.
The police said Moroccan _____ helped the people enter.
The police said _____ agents gave orders to the gendarmes.
The police said this was not only about _____.
They think there was a different _____ for the entry.
The police call this a possible _____.
The judge is now looking into this _____.