美国有线新闻 CNN 八千难民从摩洛哥涌向西班牙两国关系持续紧张（打印版）

What's being described as a serious crisis for Europe is our first topic today, the dispute directly involves Spain and Morocco.

今天首先来关注被称为欧洲严重危机的事件，这一争端直接涉及西班牙和摩洛哥。

Spain is part of the European Union. Morocco is not.

西班牙是欧盟成员国。但摩洛哥并不是。

And many Africans have tried to enter Europe by going from Morocco to Spain.

许多非洲人试图从摩洛哥前往西班牙，由此进入欧洲。

A little more than five years ago, a migrant crisis began in Europe.

五年多以前，一场移民危机在欧洲爆发。

Hundreds of thousands of people from the Middle East, southern Asia and northern Africa either entered or tried to get into Europe.

来自中东、南亚和北非的数十万人或进入或试图进入欧洲。

Some of them took tremendous risks to do it.

他们中的一些人为此冒了巨大的风险。

Many were running from terrorism and war in their home countries. Many were looking for a better life.

许多人是为了躲避本国的恐怖主义和战争。还有许多人是为了寻求更好的生活。

The north African nation of Morocco and the southwestern European nation of Spain are separated by a waterway called the Strait of Gibraltar.

北非国家摩洛哥和欧洲西南部国家西班牙被名为直布罗陀海峡的水道隔开。

But there are cities on the Moroccan side of that strait that border Morocco but are officially part of Spain.

但是，该海峡摩洛哥一侧的一些城市与摩洛哥接壤，但却在官方上属于西班牙。

And on Monday and Tuesday more than 8,000 people tried to illegally cross from Morocco into these Spanish cities, many by swimming.

周一和周二，超过8000人试图从摩洛哥非法进入这些西班牙城市，其中许多人通过游泳进入。

This isn't the first time this has happened. It is the first that so many crossed in such a short period of time.

这种事情已不是第一次发生。但这是首次有如此多的人在这么短的时间内越境。

Why? We don't know exactly.

原因为何？我们尚还不清楚。

The tensions between Spain and Morocco did increase recently.

西班牙和摩洛哥之间的紧张关系最近确实有所加剧。

A rebel leader who has fought Morocco's government has been treated at a Spanish hospital.

一名反抗摩洛哥政府的叛军领袖在西班牙一家医院接受治疗。

That made Morocco angry and though Moroccan officials have said the surge of migrants had nothing to do with that.

这让摩洛哥感到愤怒，尽管摩洛哥官员表示，移民潮与此无关。

Some experts have suggested maybe it did.

一些专家认为两起事件可能有关联。

Spanish officials, meanwhile, are under pressure to deal with the illegal border crossings and prevent new ones.

与此同时，西班牙官员面临着处理非法越境和防止新越境事件的双重压力。