About This Lesson
Article (adapted from the link above) on the situation of asylum seekers in Calais; trying to reach the UK. Includes vocabulary building task; comprehension questions and translation tasks. The article is quite challenging but includes a lot of useful information and vocabulary. It could also be adapted for use as grammar practice; e.g. a verb gapfill.
A really good set of exercises on a good (and as you say challenging) text.