Roma families sleep by roadside after camps cleared near Nantes
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Dozens of Roma families are near Nantes, France. They have no home tonight. They will sleep by the road.
Police cleared two camps yesterday. The families lived in these camps. The camps are called slums.
Police used force to make people leave. This is called an eviction. Many families left with only a few things.
Today, the families are still near the same place. They do not have a new home. They wait by the road.
The families are poor. They came to France to find a better life. Now they have nowhere to stay.
This story is about poverty in France. It shows a problem for many Roma families in Europe.
Vocabulary6 words
- Roma
- a group of people with a shared culture, often from Eastern Europe
- camps
- places where people live in simple homes, like tents
- slums
- poor areas with bad houses
- force
- using power to make someone do something
- eviction
- making people leave a place
- poverty
- being very poor
Quiz
Answer key
1. By the road 2. The police 3. False
Fill-in-the-blank listening
Play the audio again and fill in the missing words as you listen.
Dozens of Roma families are near _____, France.
They have no home tonight. They will sleep by the _____.
Police cleared two _____ yesterday.
The families lived in these camps. The camps are called _____.
Police used _____ to make people leave.
This is called an _____.
Many families left with only a few _____.
Today, the families are still near the same _____.
They do not have a new _____.
The families are _____.