VOA常速英语2105--全世界难民数量创新纪录

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全世界难民数量创新纪录

WASHINGTON— The United Nations refugee agency says a record number of people worldwide have been displaced by war, violence and persecution¹ and the number of people forced to flee their homes is rapidly growing.

In a new report issued Thursday, the UNHCR says that at the end of 2014, there were nearly 60 million forcibly displaced people, about 8 million more than the year before and about 20 million more than a decade ago. The increase since 2013 was the highest ever in a single year.

A major exodus² of people from their homes started in 2011 with the eruption³ of civil war in Syria; but, in the past five years, armed conflicts and persecution also have sent people fleeing from their homes in Africa, Asia and Europe. Last year 42,500 people a day left their homes due to some type of violence.

2011年随着叙利亚内战的爆发，大批人口从本国逃离，但在过去五年内，武装冲突和迫害也导致人们从他们在非洲、亚洲和欧洲的家园离开。去年每天有4.25万人因为这种暴力事件而离开家园。

"The world became a mess and if people think that humanitarians⁵ can clean up the mess, they are wrong. We don't have the capacity to pick up the pieces," said Antonio Guterres,

“全世界变成一团糟，如果人们认为人道主义者能清理乱局，他们就错了，我们没有能力收拾残局。”

One in every 122 humans is now either a refugee or internally displaced or seeking asylum⁶. The report is a reflection of the state of the world today, said the U.N. High Commissioner⁷ for Refugees.

每122个人中就有一个或者是难民，或者在国内流离，或在寻求避难，联合国难民事务高级专员称这份报告反映了当今世界的现状。

"It's time for international community to assume its responsibilities not only to the people in distress⁸, but its responsibilities to be able to prevent or bring solutions to the conflicts that cause so much sufferings. "

“是时候让国际社会承担起责任了，不仅对处于困境人们的责任，还包括阻止冲突的发生，想办法解决导致这些苦难的冲突。”

Syria is currently the world's biggest producer of displaced people and refugees, followed by Afghanistan and Somalia. Syria's neighbor, Turkey, has become the world's top refugee-hosting nation. Greece and Italy are swamped with refugees who want to settle in Europe.

叙利亚目前是全世界最大的流离失所者和难民产生国，其次是阿富汗和索马里。叙利亚的邻国土耳其成为全世界最大的难民接收国，希腊和意大利也满是希望在欧洲定居的难民。

European officials cannot agree on how to share the burden.

欧洲官方对如何分担负担意见不一。

"Italy and Germany certainly both agree that we need to arrive at a more equitable⁹ distribution in Europe. In our view, the best way is mandatory¹⁰ quotas¹¹ for the European member states," said German Foreign Minister Frank Walter Steinmeier.

“意大利和德国都认为欧洲需要更公平地分担责任，在我看来，最佳办法是对欧洲成员国实行强制配额。”

Several EU members have balked¹² at the idea and Hungary has announced plans to seal its border with Serbia. Many refugees use the Balkan route to reach Hungary on the way to Germany and Sweden.

几个欧盟成员国都反对这一主意，匈牙利宣布准备封锁其与塞尔维亚的边境线。很多难民沿着巴尔干路线抵达德国和瑞典。

"We are talking about 175km-long border area whose physical closure can happen with the 4-meter high fence."

“这条长175公里、高4米的篱笆能造成地理上的封闭。”

In Southeast Asia, a move to block overland refugee routes from Myanmar into Thailand led to a humanitarian⁴ crisis in the Andaman Sea when thousands of refugees switched to the sea route.

在东南亚，在数千名难民从陆路转向海路时，阻碍缅甸难民到泰国的举措导致安达曼海的人道主义危机。