英伦广角 英国政府“考虑”接纳叙利亚少年难民

 The migrant crisis isn't going away with tens of thousands of new arrivals every week. Most are with their families. But the government is under pressure to do more to help youngsters on their own in Europe. David Cameron is considering plans to allow three thousand unaccompanied children to the U.K. within weeks, 

 

“We are planning it. We are looking at it whether we can do more in relation to…” 

 

“Three thousand children probably been withdrawn¹ with X”

 

“…absolutely in relation to unaccompanied children because children have always been from day one at the heart of our response in the region.”

 

The government has already said it’ll take in 20,000 refugees from camps on the borders of Syria. The three thousand children are expected to be included in that number. The Liberal Democrats² say they should be in addition. It’s emerged the Lib-Dems agree to support an expansion of Britain’s bombing campaign into Syria in exchange for progress on the refugee issue.

 

“We said very clearly at the time that there could be no justification³ in effort of a package which involves that military action in Syria, it would also involve attacking the refugee crisis in a human way and in an ambitious way, both because it’s right, morally right, and secondly⁴ because it sends out the right signal and you are trying to win hearts and minds in the Muslin world, so we end up defeating Daesh with the broadest coalition⁵ possible.”

 

Former solider Rob Lawrie is campaigning for better treatment of migrant children. He now escaped to jail sentence for trying to smuggle⁶ a four-year-old Afghan girl Barah Ahmadi to Britain from the Jungle migrant camp in Calais. He says the child’s father begged him to take his daughter to relatives in Leeds. 

 

“Whatever happens, whatever you throw at me, I’ll always say it’s better for a child to be a warm loving house with first parents, then live in, you know, in a camp X with either the parents or with someone who’s taken them on. We’ve shown the human side. We’ve shown they are children in these camps suffering. So it’s a selfish attitude X, but the platform is created X.”

 

The critics are concerned opening the door to child migrants will send the wrong message to their relatives.

 

“These huge numbers of movement to people equally difficult to actually identify clearly these children are actually all orphaned⁷. We won’t find that once they are entering in this country, parents surprisingly then reappear and actually claim a right to join their children.”

 

The biting cold and paralyzed sea crossings have done little to deter⁸ those trying to reach in Europe, setting up pressure on European governments to find a solution to the misery⁹ of the migrants.

 

Lisa Holland, Sky News.

1 withdrawn   

vt.收回；使退出；vi.撤退，退出

参考例句：

• Our force has been withdrawn from the danger area.我们的军队已从危险地区撤出。
• All foreign troops should be withdrawn to their own countries.一切外国军队都应撤回本国去。

2 democrats   

n.民主主义者，民主人士( democrat的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The Democrats held a pep rally on Capitol Hill yesterday. 民主党昨天在国会山召开了竞选誓师大会。
• The democrats organize a filibuster in the senate. 民主党党员组织了阻挠议事。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 justification   

n.正当的理由；辩解的理由

参考例句：

• There's no justification for dividing the company into smaller units. 没有理由把公司划分成小单位。
• In the young there is a justification for this feeling. 在年轻人中有这种感觉是有理由的。

4 secondly   

adv.第二，其次

参考例句：

• Secondly,use your own head and present your point of view.第二，动脑筋提出自己的见解。
• Secondly it is necessary to define the applied load.其次，需要确定所作用的载荷。

5 coalition   

n.结合体，同盟，结合，联合

参考例句：

• The several parties formed a coalition.这几个政党组成了政治联盟。
• Coalition forces take great care to avoid civilian casualties.联盟军队竭尽全力避免造成平民伤亡。

6 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。

7 orphaned   

[计][修]孤立

参考例句：

• Orphaned children were consigned to institutions. 孤儿都打发到了福利院。
• He was orphaned at an early age. 他幼年时便成了孤儿。

8 deter   

vt.阻止，使不敢，吓住

参考例句：

• Failure did not deter us from trying it again.失败并没有能阻挡我们再次进行试验。
• Dogs can deter unwelcome intruders.狗能够阻拦不受欢迎的闯入者。

9 misery   

n.痛苦，苦恼，苦难；悲惨的境遇，贫苦

参考例句：

• Business depression usually causes misery among the working class.商业不景气常使工薪阶层受苦。
• He has rescued me from the mire of misery.他把我从苦海里救了出来。