Spain's Government and PP Party Clash Over Migrant Children in Ceuta
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Spain has a problem with migrant children in Ceuta. Ceuta is a Spanish city in Africa. Many migrant children are staying there. The place is very full. This is called being hacinados, or crowded together.
The government's Ministry for children spoke about this problem. A ministry is a government department. The ministry wanted a debate. A debate is a meeting where people talk about a problem.
The ministry says regions from the PP party tried to stop the debate. PP is a political party in Spain. The ministry called this a boycott. A boycott means stopping something on purpose.
The government said the PP does not care about children. It said the PP shows disrespect for children. Disrespect means not caring about someone important.
The PP says there is a different problem. The PP says there is not enough data about the children in Ceuta. Data means numbers and facts.
The PP wanted to postpone the debate. Postpone means to do something later, not now. The PP wanted to wait for more data first.
The two sides do not agree. This shows a bigger conflict in Spain. A conflict is a strong disagreement between people or groups.
Vocabulary15 words
- hacinados
- many people packed together in a small space
- Ministry
- a big part of the government that works on one topic
- debate
- a meeting where people talk about different ideas
- PP
- the name of a political party in Spain
- boycott
- stopping something on purpose to show you are angry
- disrespect
- not caring about someone or something important
- data
- numbers and facts about something
- postpone
- to move something to a later time
- conflict
- a strong disagreement between people
- migrant
- a person who moves to a new country
- region
- a part of a country with its own government
- minor
- a person who is not yet an adult
- government
- the group of people who run a country
- accuse
- to say someone did something wrong
- acogida
- the act of taking care of someone new
Quiz
Answer key
1. Ceuta 2. PP regions 3. True
Fill-in-the-blank listening
Play the audio again and fill in the missing words as you listen.
Spain has a problem with migrant children in _____. Ceuta is a Spanish city in Africa. Many migrant children are staying there. The place is very full. This is called being _____, or crowded together.
The government's _____ for children spoke about this problem. The ministry wanted a _____. A debate is a meeting where people talk about a problem.
The ministry says regions from the _____ party tried to stop the debate. The ministry called this a _____.
The government said the PP shows _____ for children.
The PP says there is not enough _____ about the children in Ceuta.
The PP wanted to _____ the debate. Postpone means to do something later, not now.
The two sides do not agree. This shows a bigger _____ in Spain.