A LOMOS DE LA BESTIA

1. Summarize in a few lines the documentary.
 What we have seen in the documentary is the cruel reality that illegal immigrants are forced to live everyday since they need to escape from their previous lifes, and all the obstacles they go through in their try to achieve their objetives by train. 2. Why is the train called the Beast?  Because of its cruelty and the stories that are told about it. Many people say that the Beast can tear off somebody limbs in case they aren´t careful enough. Also, although it is very sad, many people can prove it too.

 3.What countries are the immigrants from? Where do they go?
Immigrants come from many South American countries, but they are mainly from Honduras, San Salvador, Guatemala, Brazil...
Despite of the fact that they come from different countries, they all go to the same place, United States.

4.What is the academic profesional experience of the immigrants?
 Most of them have almost no profesional experience and some have bad paid jobs. Regarding illegal jobs, they don´t see it as a crime, it is just another way of earning a living.

5.What dangers do the immigrants face during the journey? Among many other things, immigrants are exposed to being stolen, attacked, raped or even murdered.

6. What types of migratory routes are described in the documentary?
From South to North in order to move from a less civilized society to a country with a higher life quality.

7.Explain the consequences of migrations for both the countries that send the emigrants away and the countries that receive immigrants.
Migration and immigration brings some consequences as for example, for the emiting countries, the lack of employment and for the receiving countries, the economic stabilization. However, this facts doesn´t only affect economy, they are also related with the culture and society of both countries.

  8.Give your opinion.
Finally, as a conclussion, I liked the documentary because it taught me things about immigration that I didn´t know. On the other hand, I gelt completely powerless and helpless because I can´t do anything to help them and solve that situation. Inspite of this I believe it is a great documentary that shows some people situation and help us to retrain about how lucky we are for have being born in this country. It also shocked me that immigrants didn´t matter a lot their lifes or possesions and made me think in how difficult the situation had to be to force people to go for a ride in ``La Bestia´´.