Thursday 23 December 2021

‘My grandmother hid Jewish children’: Poland’s underground refugee network

 Maria Przyszychowska and her daughter in their home near the border town of Hajnówka

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Read the article and answer the questions:

1. What is the standoff between Poland and Belarus?

2. How do the Poles help the refugees?

3. Which situation in the past does the story resemble?

8 comments:

  1. 1 - The young Kurd is one of thousands of asylum seekers who entered Poland across the border with Belarus, where countless others have become trapped on their way to Europe. The Polish family have offered him shelter. But if the Polish police find him, he risks being sent back across the frontier into the sub-zero forests of Belarus, while his protectors risk being charged for aiding illegal immigration.
    At least 19 people have died since the beginning of the border standoff between Poland and Belarus. Most of them froze to death. Some of their bodies were buried in the Muslim graveyard in the village of Bohoniki.
    2 - As people fleeing conflict or starvation have become trapped on the Poland-Belarus border in the middle of a freezing winter, Polish families have been secretly hiding hundreds of desperate people in their homes.
    Bartek, Jakub and Ewa belong to a network of Poles who are working desperately to prevent more deaths.
    3 - In 2015, a migration crisis broke out in Europe, during which about 1.5 million migrants arrived on the territory of European countries in the first ten months of 2015 alone.

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  2. 1.The European Union has accused Belarus of deliberately provoking a new refugee crisis by organising the movement of people from the Middle East to Minsk and promising them with safe passage to the EU, in reprisal for sanctions that Brussels has imposed on its regime. Poland, in turn, has been accused by human rights organisations of violently pushing back thousands of people across the border.
    2.
    On the Polish-Belarusian border in the middle of a frosty winter, Polish families secretly hid hundreds of desperate people in their homes.
    Bartek, Jakub are desperately working to prevent new deaths.
    3- in 2015, a migration crisis broke out in Europe, during which about 1.5 million migrants arrived on the territory of European countries in the first ten months of 2015 alone.

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  3. 1. In the attic of a cottage in the woods near the Polish village of Narewka, a young Iraqi Kurd crouches, trembling with cold and fear. Through the skylight, the blue lights of police vans flash on the walls of his hiding place. Outside, dozens of border guards are searching for people like him in the snowstorm. Downstairs, the owner of the house sits in silence with his terrified wife and children. The young Kurd is one of thousands of asylum seekers who entered Poland across the border with Belarus, where countless others have become trapped on their way to Europe. The Polish family have offered him shelter. But if the Polish police find him, he risks being sent back across the frontier into the sub-zero forests of Belarus, while his protectors risk being charged for aiding illegal immigration. As people fleeing conflict or starvation have become trapped on the Poland-Belarus border in the middle of a freezing winter, Polish families have been secretly hiding hundreds of desperate people in their homes.
    2. The Polish family have offered him shelter. But if the Polish police find him, he risks being sent back across the frontier into the sub-zero forests of Belarus, while his protectors risk being charged for aiding illegal immigration.
    3. In 2015, a migration crisis broke out in Europe, during which about 1.5 million migrants arrived on the territory of European countries in the first ten months of 2015 alone.

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  4. 1. In the attic of a cottage in the woods near the Polish village of Narevka, a young Iraqi Kurd crouched - one of thousands of asylum seekers who entered Poland across the border with Belarus. A Polish family offered him shelter. But if the Polish police find him, he risks being sent back across the border to the sub-zero forests of Belarus, while his defenders risk being accused of aiding illegal immigration.
    2. This family offered him shelter. But if the Polish police find him, he risks being sent back across the border to the sub-zero forests of Belarus.
    3. In 2015, a migration crisis broke out in Europe, during which about 1.5 million migrants arrived on the territory of European countries in the first ten months of 2015 alone.

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  5. 1.The young Kurd is one of thousands of asylum seekers who entered Poland across the border with Belarus, where countless others have become trapped on their way to Europe. The Polish family have offered him shelter. But if the Polish police find him, he risks being sent back across the frontier into the sub-zero forests of Belarus, while his protectors risk being charged for aiding illegal immigration
    2.As people fleeing conflict or starvation have become trapped on the Poland-Belarus border in the middle of a freezing winter, Polish families have been secretly hiding hundreds of desperate people in their homes.
    3. In 2015, a migration crisis broke out in Europe, during which about 1.5 million migrants arrived on the territory of European countries in the first ten months of 2015 alone.

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  6. 1.The European Union has accused Belarus of deliberately provoking a new refugee crisis by organising the movement of people from the Middle East to Minsk and promising them with safe passage to the EU, in reprisal for sanctions that Brussels has imposed on its regime. Poland, in turn, has been accused by human rights organisations of violently pushing back thousands of people across the border.
    2.The Polish family have offered him shelter. But if the Polish police find him, he risks being sent back across the frontier into the sub-zero forests of Belarus, while his protectors risk being charged for aiding illegal immigration.
    3. In 2015, a migration crisis broke out in Europe, during which about 1.5 million migrants arrived on the territory of European countries in the first ten months of 2015 alone.

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  7. 1.The young Kurd is one of thousands of asylum seekers who entered Poland across the border with Belarus, where countless others have become trapped on their way to Europe. The Polish family have offered him shelter. But if the Polish police find him, he risks being sent back across the frontier into the sub-zero forests of Belarus, while his protectors risk being charged for aiding illegal immigration. Poland, in turn, has been accused by human rights organisations of violently pushing back thousands of people across the border.
    2. Polish families have been secretly hiding hundreds of desperate people in their homes. Bartek, Jakub are desperately working to prevent new deaths.
    3. In 2015, a migration crisis broke out in Europe, during which about 1.5 million migrants arrived on the territory of European countries in the first ten months of 2015 alone.

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  8. 1) In the attic of a cottage in the woods near the Polish village of Narewka, a young Iraqi Kurd crouches, shivering with cold and fear.
    Outside, dozens of border guards are looking for people like him in a blizzard.
    A Polish family offered him shelter. But if the Polish police find him, he risks being sent back across the border into the negative forests of Belarus, and his defenders risk being accused of aiding illegal immigration.
    As people fleeing conflict or famine were trapped on the border between Poland and Belarus in the middle of a freezing winter, Polish families secretly hid hundreds of desperate people in their homes.
    2) Polish families have been secretly hiding hundreds of desperate people in their homes.
    Bartek, Jakub are desperately working to prevent new deaths.
    3) in 2015, a migration crisis broke out in Europe, during which about 1.5 million migrants arrived on the territory of European countries in the first ten months of 2015 alone.

    ReplyDelete

Angelina Jolie receives the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award at the 2013 Governors Awards

  Watch the interview and answer the question: What problem does Angelina raise in her acceptance speech?