Czechs join other EU states rejecting U.N. migration plan

 

 

 

                   

 

 

 

 

The Czech Republic on Wednesday, November 14 joined the growing ranks of European Union ｃountries that reject a United Nations pact to regulate the treatment of migrants worldwide.

The Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration was approved in July by all 193 member UN nations except the United States…. It followed the biggest influx of migrants into Europe since World War Two, many fleeing conflicts and poverty in the Middle East, Africa and beyond.

But the Czech cabinet voted early on Wednesday, Nov. 14 not to sign the accord, a government source told Reuters, in line with indications earlier this month.

“The Czech Republic has long favored the principle of separating legal and illegal migration,” Deputy Prime Minister Richard Brabec told a news conference.

“That is what the Czech Republic’s and other European ｃountries’ suggestions aimed for. The final text [of the UN’s Global Compact for Migration] does not reflect those proposals.”

The Czech concerns have been shared by the right-wing governments of Hungary and Austria, which have also said they will not sign the agreement at a ceremony in Morocco in December.

Bulgaria’s coalition government, which includes the anti-migration United Patriots party, has also ｄropped out of the accord, and its parliament [voted] on the issue on Wednesday [Nov. 14]. Poland had said it may follow suit [and did so last week].

The non-binding [according to the U.N.] pact addresses issues such as how to protect people who migrate, how to integrate them into new ｃountries and how to return them to their home ｃountries.`

U.N. Special Representative for International Migration Louise Arbour has called moves to shun the accord regrettable and mistaken and said the compact simply aimed to improve the management of cross-border movements of people.

 

 

 

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VOCABULARY WORDS

 

 

1.Regulate/verb : control or maintain the rate or speed of (a machine or process) so that it operates properly.

2.Influx/noun : an arrival or entry of large numbers of people or things.

3.Conflict/ noun : a serious disagreement or argument, typically a protracted one.

4.Poverty /noun : the state of being extremely poor.

5.Indication /noun : a sign or piece of information that indicates something.

6.Parliament /noun : (in the UK) the highest legislature, consisting of the sovereign, the House of Lords, and the House of Commons.

 

 

 

QUESTIONS

 

 

1.For the CZECH REPUBLIC:
a) list the who, what, where and when of the news item
b) Why is the Czech Republic opposed to the UN migrant pact?
c) What issues does the pact address?

2. It has been reported that some organizations helping the Central American migrants coach them on what to say and how to act when they enter the U.S. illegally and claim asylum. How do you think U.S. officials should deal with this problem?