lesson 2 time to flee
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In your book write down 5 W questions about this
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Time to flee
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The Situation• Dad – Journalist on the local newspaper,
leading figure in the trade union
• Mum – Mechanic
• New baby
• Boy and girl at school
• Granny – in a wheel chair, housebound
• Uncle Ali – very religious, has been a political prisoner, walks with difficulty
• Old Car
• The country is changing rapidly
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Two Months Ago• A Military Coup took place (the
military took control of the country)
• There was gunfire on the streets
• Tanks were everywhere
• There is a curfew: everyone must stay in after dark
• The military has taken over the TV
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One Month Ago• Dad was told that the
new rulers had arrested a lot of people
• Others, including religious leaders and trade unionists, had simply ‘gone missing’
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A Fortnight Ago
• An article appeared in a paper that supported the army. It listed people that were ‘enemies of the state’
• It had a picture of a skull and was signed ‘Friends of the Motherland’
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Last Week
• Soldiers came to the school looking for the dinner lady’s husband
• He wasn’t there
• They took the dinner lady and her children instead
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Four Days Ago
• The Journalist’s Trade Union is banned
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Three Days Ago
• A note was pushed through the door of the family home
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Two Days Ago
• Someone rang Uncle Ali and told him he’d better get out as people were going to set the house on fire
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Yesterday
• Some children at school said that soldiers had been searching the streets and arresting people.
• Some of these people were in Dad’s trade union.
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Today
• There is more gunfire in the main square
• Trucks full of soldiers have been arriving in front of the town hall
• Roadblocks are stopping all cars
• All trains are being searched
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What will the family do?• The family have to make a decision
• Dad says the family should flee, and seek asylum as refugees
• It is under an hour to the border by car, but the journey would be risky
• If they go by foot it will take a week through the desert and then a forest in dangerous country.
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The military start to search their street.
They have 10 minutes to make their minds up, to get organised,
and to get out.
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Will you get over the border?
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Time to Flee
• How did you find the experience of being an asylum seeker?
• Has this exercise changed your ideas about asylum seekers?