Skip to main content

Posts

Showing posts from September, 2015

Europe's Migrant Crisis

 By Natalia S.N.  Sources: www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-34131911  and Europe’s migration crisis: “Not giving us likeGermany,” by Soeren Kern .                   Due to the civil war on Syria, poverty on Kosovo, violence on Afghanistan, and other issues on countries such as Iraq and Albania, masses of people are fleeing their homeland to seek a better place to live, though many die on the hazardous journey.                   The U.N. country of Germany has its doors open to immigrants, giving free food and clothing, along with a monthly cash payment of $160. Many migrants arriving in Hungary do not stay and continue on to Germany.  Germany is the country receiving more immigrants, having 222,000 asylum applications.  The month of August of 2015 had the highest number of immigrants reaching more than 100,000.                   Other U.N. countries are also giving aid to all the migrants. Spain gives six months of financial assistance, after which many go on to more generou

A Storm By Natalia

                                             A Storm By Natalia The waters of the sea That calmly dance along May make you sea a monster As tall as it is strong A wave may seem so tranquil Like an infant dog at play; The dog turns to a lion Striking at its prey The swallowing of troops of ships You read about in books Is real and not just fiction The sea is not a brook The clashing plus the splashing Of the sea and up above Then breaks to calm its rains And turns into a pup