VOA慢速英语2013 沙特阿拉伯驱逐成千上万的埃塞俄比亚的工人

 

AS IT IS 2013-12-22 Saudi Arabia Deports¹ Thousands of Ethiopian Workers 沙特阿拉伯驱逐成千上万的埃塞俄比亚的工人

Welcome back to As It Is from VOA Learning English.

I’m Kelly Jean Kelly in Washington.

Today on the program, we report on Saudi Arabia’s decision to send tens of thousands of Ethiopian workers back to their country.    “The government tells us that they are expecting another 35,000 and probably more. Because nobody really knows how many Ethiopian migrants, undocumented, are in Saudi  Arabia and facing expulsion.”

In the past month, Ethiopia brought home more than 120,000 of its citizens.  They were working without government documents in Saudi Arabia.  Saudi officials ordered  the undocumented workers to leave the country.

As Christopher Cruise reports, many more Ethiopian migrants are expected to leave Saudi Arabia soon.

The International Organization for Migration² is helping³ the Ethiopian migrants once they return home. Christiane Berthiaume works for the group.

“At the beginning in November, the Ethiopian government asked IOM to help 30,000 migrants. That was the figure they were expecting that people will come back, but  since then the figures have been skyrocketing.”

She says many more will arrive soon.

“The government tells us that they are expecting another 35,000 and probably more. Because nobody really knows how many Ethiopian migrants, undocumented, are in Saudi  Arabia and facing expulsion.”

The Ethiopian government sends planes to Saudi Arabia every day to bring back more workers.  The project has been called one of the biggest human airlifts in recent  history.  The International Organization for Migration says it needs 11.5 million dollars to complete the operation.  The IOM says it has received some donations, but not nearly  enough to pay for all that is needed.

“When they arrive in Ethiopia we’re there. We’re helping them, transporting them. We’re giving them medical assistance. We are also giving them some pyscho-social  first aid. We give them meals, water, high energy biscuits. We give those who arrive at night temporary accommodation. And also we do transport them to their places of  origin and give them a little bit [of] money. Help them to reintegrate.”

Ms. Berthiaume says the IOM has also helped 160 young people who were traveling without their parents.

Three other large United Nations agencies are also giving aid to people in Ethiopia to try to help them support themselves: The World Food Program, the Food and  Agriculture Organization and the International Fund for Agricultural Development.

I’m Christopher Cruise.

1 deports   

v.将…驱逐出境( deport的第三人称单数 )；举止

参考例句：

• She deports herself like a lady. 她的举止像淑女。 来自辞典例句
• A so-called democratic country arrests, oppresses and deports the freedom and democratic fighters of Nepal. 一个所谓的民主国家逮捕、镇压并驱逐尼泊尔的自由民主战士，所有这一切都是在美国的指使下发生的。 来自互联网

2 migration   

n.迁移，移居，（鸟类等的）迁徙

参考例句：

• Swallows begin their migration south in autumn.燕子在秋季开始向南方迁移。
• He described the vernal migration of birds in detail.他详细地描述了鸟的春季移居。

3 helping   

n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的，辅助的

参考例句：

• The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
• By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。