89 联合国难民署声称世界给难民提供的保护力度日渐减弱

89 联合国难民署声称世界给难民提供的保护力度日渐减弱

UNHCR: Refugee Protection on the Decline
Lisa Schlein
Geneva
29 Jun 2001 19:55 UTC

The United Nations 1)refugee agency (UNHCR) says refugee protection is on the decline as countries harden their positions towards 2)asylum¹ seekers.
Representatives from about 60 governments and more than 40 3)private organizations spent two days discussing measures which might more effectively protect refugees while still protecting national borders from illegal migrants.
The U.N. refugee agency says countries increasingly are struggling with ways to reconcile proper and effective protection for refugees with measures to control 4)illegal 5)migration².
UNHCR's director of international protection, Erika Feller, says more and more countries are closing their borders to genuine asylum seekers because they are afraid of being overwhelmed by illegal migrants. As a 6)consequence, she says there has been a decline in the political will to protect refugees and to allow them access to proper 7)procedures to apply for asylum.
Ms. Feller says countries do have some 8)genuine concerns. "They include the high cost of asylum systems, particularly in the developed world, which are very, very expensive," she said. They include the 9)protracted nature of a lot of refugee problems today that just keep legal people 10)languishing in asylum countries without a solution for years and years and years, with all the difficulties that come with that, including problems for women and children growing up in refugee camps - women being exposed to sexual violence, having even to sell their children for the purposes of making ends meet."
Ms. Feller says governments are resisting the financial, security, and political costs of hosting refugees. She says anti-foreigner 11)sentiment is common throughout the world. And she says many countries are finding it increasingly difficult to deal with floods of refugees.
Ms. Feller says countries all over the world share the problems regarding legal and illegal migration, trafficking, and 12)smuggling of human beings. "There is irregular migration all over the world, not just coming to Europe, but coming to the developing countries as well as the developed countries," she noted³. "I think it is important to understand this as well. There are obstacles being erected⁴ in the laws, the judicial⁵ process of countries, not just in the developed countries but also in the developing world now. Bad practices are being exported all over the world."
Ms. Feller says gatherings⁶ such as the one this past week in Geneva help to promote a better understanding of the issues involved 13)with an eye to improving refugee protection.

(1) refugee[refjJ:5dVi:]n.难民, 流亡者
(2) asylum[E5saIlEm]n.庇护, 收容所, 救济院
(3) private[5praIvIt]adj.私人的, 私有的, 私营的
(4) illegal[I5li:^(E)l]adj.违法的, 不合规定的
(5) migration[maI5^reIF(E)n]n.移民, 移植
(6) consequence[5kRnsIkwEns; (?@) 5kRnsIkwens]n.结果
(7) procedure[prE5si:dVE(r)]n.程序, 手续
(8) genuine[5dVenju:In]adj.真实的, 真正的, 诚恳的
(9) protracted[prEJ`trAktId]adj.拖延的
(10) languishing[`lAN^wIFIN]adj.日趋衰弱的,渴望的
(11) sentiment[5sentImEnt]n.情操, 情感, 情绪, 观点
(12) smuggling v.走私
(13) with an eye to adv.着眼于, 考虑到, 对...有企图

 

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 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。

3 noted   

adj.著名的，知名的

参考例句：

• The local hotel is noted for its good table.当地的那家酒店以餐食精美而著称。
• Jim is noted for arriving late for work.吉姆上班迟到出了名。

4 ERECTED   

adj. 直立的，竖立的，笔直的 vt. 使 ... 直立，建立

参考例句：

• A monument to him was erected in St Paul's Cathedral. 在圣保罗大教堂为他修了一座纪念碑。
• A monument was erected to the memory of that great scientist. 树立了一块纪念碑纪念那位伟大的科学家。

5 judicial   

adj.司法的，法庭的，审判的，明断的，公正的

参考例句：

• He is a man with a judicial mind.他是个公正的人。
• Tom takes judicial proceedings against his father.汤姆对他的父亲正式提出诉讼。

6 gatherings   

聚集( gathering的名词复数 )； 收集； 采集； 搜集

参考例句：

• His conduct at social gatherings created a lot of comment. 他在社交聚会上的表现引起许多闲话。
• During one of these gatherings a pupil caught stealing. 有一次，其中一名弟子偷窃被抓住。