Migration into the UK

Key Question:

What makes people undertake long and dangerous journeys to the UK?

Learning Objectives:

• To be able to interpret evidence and draw conclusions.

• To understand what motivates immigrants to undertake journeys.

STARTER

There is a mystery to solve. In October 2005, Stan Bowden, a long distance lorry driver ran over a body as he drove into a motorway service station.

Whose body was it and why was it there?

Main Task

Work with a partner to solve the mystery. Using Activity sheet 5 sort through the pieces of evidence and try to find links between them.

You can rearrange the statements to help you reconstruct the story.

Extension Task

Using a blank World Map – find the UK and Vietnam.

One part of the mystery that was never solved was Ky’s route from Vietnam to the UK. Plot a possible overland route he could have taken, labelling the countries he would have travelled through.

Plenary

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2006/may/27/immigration.topstories3

What are the possible solutions to the mystery?

What makes people undertake such long and dangerous journeys?

What does it tell us about Vietnam?