Audio Chapter 08

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Task 4 :
Listen to the following discussion between two cizens about asylum procedures in Germany
and decide if the sentences below are true or false. Correct them if necessary.
1. Immigraon in Germany in 2015 was no problem, especially for the German police.
2. There is no process for displaced foreign naonals aer they arrive at the German border.
3. They are distributed equally all over Germany.
4. There is no registraon by the German government when immigrants enter the country.
Access to state benefits is given upon arrival.
1.
2.
3.
4.
true
false

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Task 6:
Listen to the following descripon of the Central Register of Foreigners and complete the tasks
below:
– Describe the type of informaon stored in the database.
– The register includes informaon about a special group of foreign naonals. Explain which
kind of foreign naonals are registered in the database.
– Explain why it was important to add fingerprints to the register.
– Clarify why a “Big Brother Award” was given to the federal office which is responsible for
administering the register.
Task 12:
Listen to the following news arcle about a problemac deportaon from Germany to Tunisia
and fill in the gaps quong the words used in the arcle.
In the summer of 2018, an ________________ suspected of being a bodyguard of the former
al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden was ________________ back to Tunisia. The man was considered
a security threat because of his ___________________ ideas and his suspected es to
Islamist groups. So, he had to report to police daily. An ________________ court had prohibited
the deportaon the day before the scheduled deportaon; because there was a chance
he might be ________________ in Tunisia. This court ruling was unfortunately delivered to the
Federal Police too late. The person was already sing on a plane back home to Tunisia. Crics
strongly ________________ about a policized ________________ system in Germany. Aer
the incident some members of the German parliament commented with agitang statements,
such as: “Salafists have no business in Germany and should be deported. Germany should not
be a rerement retreat for jihadists.”

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Task 19:
Read the following short text about unaended luggage. Then listen to the story and complete
the tasks below.
Unaended luggage is one of the biggest problems for airports and police. But why is that?
How come the luggage isn’t just ignored? Someone will pick it up soon, right? Unfortunately,
it is not that easy. In the past suitcases and other types of luggage have been used for major
terror aacks at airports all over the world. A scenario nobody wants to experience themselves
or see happen again anywhere. That’s why airport security and police react so sensively when
confronted with this situaon. Detecng unaended luggage in me to take care of it, is the
biggest challenge for everyone involved. Somemes hours pass before a passenger, an airport
staff member or a police officer noces the luggage standing somewhere.
– Explain how the unaended suitcase in the audio file is noced.
– Describe why the situaon was unclear.
– Outline how the surveillance system works and what the benefits are.