AS IT IS 2015-12-22 Burundi Refugees Asked to Fight Their Own People

AS IT IS 2015-12-22 Burundi Refugees Asked to Fight Their Own People

Burundi officials say refugees who fled to neighboring Rwanda are being asked now to fight against their homeland.

An adviser¹ to Burundi's president told Voice of America that Burundi has proof that the refugees were recruited into armed groups. Adviser Willy Nyamitwe say some of the recruits are children.

“We have evidence that people are being trained in Rwanda,” he said. “Some persons … have been caught by the army. They revealed that they have been trained in Rwanda.”

The presidential aide also said smuggled³ weapons come from Rwanda.

Rwandan officials have denied all charges of recruitment and weapons smuggling⁴.

A report from Refugees International, a humanitarian⁵ organization that helps refugees, confirmed that armed groups in Rwanda are recruiting Burundians in refugee camps. The report mentioned that close to 80 refugees interviewed said they were asked to fight.

The United Nations refugee agency says more than 93,000 Burundi citizens have fled their homeland since April.

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recruited - v. to choose and appoint candidates to join an organization

revealed - v. to make public; to make known to others

interviewed - v. to gather information by asking someone questions

smuggle² – v. to move something from one country into another illegally and secretly

1 adviser   

n.劝告者，顾问

参考例句：

• They employed me as an adviser.他们聘请我当顾问。
• Our department has engaged a foreign teacher as phonetic adviser.我们系已经聘请了一位外籍老师作为语音顾问。

2 smuggle   

vt.私运；vi.走私

参考例句：

• Friends managed to smuggle him secretly out of the country.朋友们想方设法将他秘密送出国了。
• She has managed to smuggle out the antiques without getting caught.她成功将古董走私出境，没有被逮捕。

3 smuggled   

水货

参考例句：

• The customs officer confiscated the smuggled goods. 海关官员没收了走私品。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• Those smuggled goods have been detained by the port office. 那些走私货物被港务局扣押了。 来自互联网

4 smuggling   

n.走私

参考例句：

• Some claimed that the docker's union fronted for the smuggling ring.某些人声称码头工人工会是走私集团的掩护所。
• The evidence pointed to the existence of an international smuggling network.证据表明很可能有一个国际走私网络存在。

5 humanitarian   

n.人道主义者，博爱者，基督凡人论者

参考例句：

• She has many humanitarian interests and contributes a lot to them.她拥有很多慈善事业，并作了很大的贡献。
• The British government has now suspended humanitarian aid to the area.英国政府现已暂停对这一地区的人道主义援助。