[英伦广角] 2015-11-14 欧洲难民潮中有许多人冒充叙利亚人

 Amongst the shops and cafes on F road is a government hostel¹, temporary home to newly arrived asylum² seekers, almost everyone is from Africa and the middle east, they all know claimants fleeing conflict have a better chance of getting asylum, something some of the migrants are prepared to use to their advantage on their journey to Europe.In England, I tell I'm from Iran, but in the middle out there, I tell them Syria, Afghan, in Greece, I tell them I'm from Syria.

And this group of real Syrians confirmed to Sky news there are people in the hostel posing as Syrian to improve their chances of staying.

Mohammed M shows us with pride his asylum application, he believes other refugees are missing out at the hands of economic migrants.

Some they won't tell the government, the house office they aren't Syrians, I don't know how, maybe just saying we are Syrians, maybe they give to them fake birth certs, just like that.

So there are people staying in there now that you say are not from Syria, but are pretending to be from Syria. (Yeah.) Where are they from?

From Morocco or from Iran, from Egypt, from everywhere, from Afghanistan.

The home office says it has a rigorous application process, and carries out language analysis where necessary, but concerns about who are living at the hostel are shared by some in the community.

Mohammed Ali says there should be more checks on the temporary residents.

I don't know how they are going to check them, I mean how could you say if I am a terrorist, are you going to say I am I, you could look at me and say *, but you can't judge a book by its cover, I mean I'm here, I've been born a Brit here, I mean I wouldn't want anything to happen to my family, I mean they understand.

This is the dining hall, there are people eat here, this is the place to eat.

This mobile phone footage shows what life is like inside the hostel.

This is the cupboard, one each without lock.

The government is obliged to provide accommodation for asylum seekers, and the home office told us they have robust³ mechanisms⁴ in place to ensure high standards are met by the contractors⁵ running the building, yet the migrants have some unwanted guests of their own. Arriving in Britain is by no means the end of their journey, the next challenge, finding a place amongst a community already struggling with its attitude to immigration.

1 hostel   

n.（学生）宿舍，招待所

参考例句：

• I lived in a hostel while I was a student.我求学期间住在青年招待所里。
• He says he's staying at a Youth Hostel.他说他现住在一家青年招待所。

2 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。

3 robust   

adj.强壮的，强健的，粗野的，需要体力的，浓的

参考例句：

• She is too tall and robust.她个子太高，身体太壮。
• China wants to keep growth robust to reduce poverty and avoid job losses,AP commented.美联社评论道，中国希望保持经济强势增长，以减少贫困和失业状况。

4 mechanisms   

n.机械( mechanism的名词复数 )；机械装置；[生物学] 机制；机械作用

参考例句：

• The research will provide direct insight into molecular mechanisms. 这项研究将使人能够直接地了解分子的机理。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• He explained how the two mechanisms worked. 他解释这两台机械装置是如何工作的。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 contractors   

n.（建筑、监造中的）承包人( contractor的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• We got estimates from three different contractors before accepting the lowest. 我们得到3个承包商的报价后，接受了最低的报价。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Contractors winning construction jobs had to kick back 2 per cent of the contract price to the mafia. 赢得建筑工作的承包商得抽出合同价格的百分之二的回扣给黑手党。 来自《简明英汉词典》