Right now, there are thousands of migrants from Middle Eastern countries stranded on the border between Belarus and Poland in Eastern Europe. How were migrants able to travel so far away from their homelands in order to enter the EU? Why is Belarus helping the migrants travel across Europe?  Let’s talk about all this on today’s episode of Thinking in English!

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Influx (n) - the fact of a large number of people or things arriving at the same time

Turkey is expecting an influx of over a thousand refugees in the next few months

On the verge (phrase) - if you are on the verge of something or come to the verge of something, you are very close to experiencing it

The company is on the verge of collapse if it can’t find a new investor

To orchestrate (v) - to arrange something carefully, and sometimes unfairly, so as to achieve a wanted result

The political party orchestrated a series of events to improve their candidate's reputations

To fix (v) - to do something dishonest to make certain that a competition, race, or election is won by a particular person

The referee was arrested on suspicion of fixing the match

To crush (v) - to defeat someone completely

The president used the army to crush the rebellion

Thuggish (adj) - acting in a violent way, or looking violent

Thuggish behaviour is not tolerated in this country

Dissident (n) - a person who publicly disagrees with and criticizes their government

That cafe is famous for hosting many political dissidents from around the world

Stranded (adj) - unable to leave somewhere because of a problem such as not having any transport or money

I lost my wallet and was stranded in the middle of the city

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