{"id":31477,"date":"2025-12-16T14:29:57","date_gmt":"2025-12-16T13:29:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/?p=31477"},"modified":"2026-01-16T14:20:02","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T13:20:02","slug":"asylum-seekers-use-taxis-to-go-to-the-doctors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/2025\/12\/asylum-seekers-use-taxis-to-go-to-the-doctors\/","title":{"rendered":"Asylum Seekers Use Taxis to Go to the Doctors"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

B1 – Intermediate<\/em><\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

A BBC investigation found that asylum seekers would take taxis to go to the doctor. This costs the UK government more or less 15.8 million pounds every year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The British government will be prohibiting transferring them by taxis starting February 2026 in an effort to reduce the government\u2019s cost on the asylum seekers\u2019 medical appointment transfers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Listen to the audio and read the transcript on asylum seekers\u2019 systematic use of cabs for visiting their doctor\u2019s appointments costing the UK Home Office millions of pounds per year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/www.newsinlevels.com\/products\/asylum-seekers-use-taxis-to-go-to-the-doctors-level-3<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vocabulary Questions:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. What does \u201casylum seeker<\/strong>\u201d mean? \u201cMinisters hope that requiring <\/em>asylum seekers<\/em><\/strong> to use public transport for routine medical needs will significantly reduce this expense.<\/em>\u201d Use the phrase in a sentence and give a synonym or similar expression.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. What does \u201cto root out<\/strong>\u201d mean? \u201cAlthough the ban targets medical transport specifically, ministers intend to extend the principle of using taxis only in exceptional circumstances across all asylum accommodation transfers to<\/strong> <\/em>root out<\/em><\/strong> waste.<\/em>\u201d Use the idiom in a sentence and give a synonym or similar expression.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. What does \u201cexpose<\/strong>\u201d mean? \u201cThis policy change follows a BBC investigation that <\/em>exposed<\/em><\/strong> systematic use of cabs, including extreme examples such as a 250-mile journey for a GP visit, costing the Home Office 600 pounds.<\/em>\u201d Use the word in a sentence and give a synonym or similar expression.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Discussion Questions:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    1. Share your opinion about banning asylum seekers to use taxis to go to their doctor appointments. Do you agree or disagree with it? Explain.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    2. Share your insight on this, \u201cTransport costs for asylum seekers, which the government has confirmed averages 15.8 million pounds (more than 18 million euros) per year.<\/em>\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    3. What is your opinion about requiring asylum seekers to use public transport for routine medical needs?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    4. Is there a similar problem in your country? Talk about it.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    5. What kind of help or assistance does your country offer to asylum seekers?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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