非洲移民给意大利带来的问题

非洲移民给意大利带来的问题

LONDON— Thousands more migrants have arrived on the southern shores of Italy from North Africa in the past two days. Authorities say they expect the total number of arrivals this year to far exceed previous levels; and Italy has said military action in Libya might be necessary to stem the flow. Hundreds of asylum¹ seekers have died making the crossing this week alone.

On the shores of southern Italy, each day brings a new wave of migrants and more harrowing tales of extreme suffering.

在意大利南部海岸，每天都会到来一批新移民，以及他们所经历的极端悲惨的故事。

The Italian coast guard rescued 70 people from a rubber dinghy off the island of Lampedusa Friday. Many were suffering from severe burns, including young children.

意大利海岸警卫周五从兰佩杜萨岛旁的一个橡皮艇里救出70人，很多人都被严重烧伤，其中包括幼童。

"They told us that they were in one of the places where traffickers hold migrants and refugees before placing them on boats, and a gas cylinder² exploded and killed several people and injured many others," said Moinario. "The traffickers would not allow them to leave and reach the hospital so they didn't get treatment for a few days, and then they were put on a boat, in fact a rubber dinghy."

“他们告诉我们，他们被人贩子放在安置移民和难民的一个地方，然后将他们放到船上，一个气罐爆炸了，导致几人死亡，多人受伤。人贩子不允许他们离开去医院，所以他们几天都没有得到治疗，然后他们被放到一个小船上，其实就是个橡皮艇。”

In Palermo, police arrested 15 migrants over claims that several Christian³ asylum seekers had been thrown overboard, by a group of Muslim men. The flows continues unabated, 13,000 arrivals in one week alone, authorities say they are overwhelmed.

在巴勒莫，警方逮捕了15名移民，据悉一群穆斯林男子将几名基督徒难民扔到大海。移民流仍在继续，一周就来了1.3万人，当局称无法承受。

"We have already provided hospitality to lots of migrants but never this many with such a high percentage of infectious diseases. So, we had to keep people here to treat them before send them on."

“我们已经招待了大量移民，但从来没来过这么多患有感染疾病的人，所以我们必须让他们呆在这里，给他们提供治疗，然后再送走他们。”

Over 450 migrants are thought to have drowned in the past week. Migrant support groups say the risk of dying has risen fifty-fold compared to last year. Italy has demanded help from the European Union.

据悉上周已有450多名移民溺水死亡，移民支持组织称与去年相比，死亡率已经上升了50倍。意大利要求欧盟提供帮助。

Rome's Foreign Minister blamed the exodus⁴ of refugees on the chaos⁵ in Libya, and said drastic action may be required - including airstrikes against terror groups in Libya. "We need to take care of this emergency not as a single country, but as a union," he said.

罗马外长将移民外流归咎于利比亚的内乱，称需要采取大力措施，包括对利比亚的恐怖组织进行空中打击。“我们需要作为一个联盟来处理这场危机，而不是单枪匹马对付。”

The European Union's Commissioner⁶ for Migration⁷ said Friday progress was being made. "By the end of May, Europe for the first time will have a comprehensive holistic⁸ policy on migration," he stated.

欧盟移民专员周五表示已经取得了进展，“截止五月底，欧洲将首次实施有关移民的综合性整体政策。”

That's not enough, said Amnesty International's Gauri Van Gulik.

但大赦国际组织的高瑞·冯·古利克说这还不够。

"What we need is a multinational⁹, concerted, humanitarian¹⁰ effort that actually patrols the seas in the areas where people are drowning, which is not happening right now. And to focus on search and rescue with trained people, with boats that are equipped to handle this."

“我们需要的是多国进行联合的人道主义行动，能在人们溺亡的水域进行巡逻，但这一点现在还没有做到。我们需要用训练有序的人员来进行搜救，需要配套的船只来处理该问题。”

Those who do survive often find their dreams of a new life shattered. In Greece, the first country of arrival for migrants coming from Turkey, conditions in detention¹¹ centers are notoriously dire¹². Athens said it has simply run out of money, so it's letting the migrants go free.

幸存者通常发现美好生活的梦想破灭了，希腊是土耳其移民抵达的第一个国家，这里拘留中心的条件非常恶劣，雅典称已经没有资金，所以就释放了这些移民。

"The people were living in indescribable barbarity, because the centers did not have basic needs. And most of them were being held illegally."

“这些人的生活状况非常糟糕，因为拘留中心没有基本的条件，大多数人都是非法拘留的。”

 

Migrants rigts groups warn the overwhelming numbers in Greece and Italy are stoking nationalist, anti-immigrant tensions. But out at sea, the decrepit¹³ boats continue to bring thousands of new arrivals every day.

移民权利组织警告称，超大规模的移民人群会加剧希腊和意大利的民族主义和反移民情绪。但在海上，这些破旧的船只每天仍在输送数千名新移民。

1 asylum   

n.避难所，庇护所，避难

参考例句：

• The people ask for political asylum.人们请求政治避难。
• Having sought asylum in the West for many years,they were eventually granted it.他们最终获得了在西方寻求多年的避难权。

2 cylinder   

n.圆筒，柱(面)，汽缸

参考例句：

• What's the volume of this cylinder?这个圆筒的体积有多少？
• The cylinder is getting too much gas and not enough air.汽缸里汽油太多而空气不足。

3 Christian   

adj.基督教徒的；n.基督教徒

参考例句：

• They always addressed each other by their Christian name.他们总是以教名互相称呼。
• His mother is a sincere Christian.他母亲是个虔诚的基督教徒。

4 exodus   

v.大批离去，成群外出

参考例句：

• The medical system is facing collapse because of an exodus of doctors.由于医生大批离去，医疗系统面临崩溃。
• Man's great challenge at this moment is to prevent his exodus from this planet.人在当前所遇到的最大挑战，就是要防止人从这个星球上消失。

5 chaos   

n.混乱，无秩序

参考例句：

• After the failure of electricity supply the city was in chaos.停电后，城市一片混乱。
• The typhoon left chaos behind it.台风后一片混乱。

6 commissioner   

n.（政府厅、局、处等部门）专员，长官，委员

参考例句：

• The commissioner has issued a warrant for her arrest.专员发出了对她的逮捕令。
• He was tapped for police commissioner.他被任命为警务处长。

7 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。

8 holistic   

adj.从整体着眼的，全面的

参考例句：

• There is a fundamental ambiguity in the use of word "whole" in recent holistic literature.在近代的整体主义著作中，“整体”这个词的用法极其含混。
• In so far as historicism is technological,its approach is not piecemeal,but "holistic".仅就历史决定论是一种技术而论，它的方法不是渐进的，而是“整体主义的”。

9 multinational   

adj.多国的，多种国籍的；n.多国籍公司，跨国公司

参考例句：

• The firm was taken over by a multinational consulting firm.这家公司被一个跨国咨询公司收购。
• He analyzed the relationship between multinational corporations and under-developed countries.他分析了跨国公司和不发达国家之间的关系。

10 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。

11 detention   

n.滞留，停留；拘留，扣留；(教育)留下

参考例句：

• He was kept in detention by the police.他被警察扣留了。
• He was in detention in connection with the bribery affair.他因与贿赂事件有牵连而被拘留了。

12 dire   

adj.可怕的，悲惨的，阴惨的，极端的

参考例句：

• There were dire warnings about the dangers of watching too much TV.曾经有人就看电视太多的危害性提出严重警告。
• We were indeed in dire straits.But we pulled through.那时我们的困难真是大极了，但是我们渡过了困难。

13 decrepit   

adj.衰老的，破旧的

参考例句：

• The film had been shot in a decrepit old police station.该影片是在一所破旧不堪的警察局里拍摄的。
• A decrepit old man sat on a park bench.一个衰弱的老人坐在公园的长凳上。