美國稱下年度至少接納1萬敘利亞難民

The US will take in at least 10,000 refugees from Syria over the next year, a sixfold increase over the current year, the White House said on Thursday.

美國政府週四表示，在接下來的一年裏美國將接納至少1萬名敘利亞難民，數量爲本年度的6倍。

Facing mounting international pressure to do more to address the refugee crisis, the US would accept the refugees in the new fiscal year which starts in October, said White House spokesman Josh Earnest.

白宮發言人喬希歐內斯特(Josh Earnest)表示，考慮到國際社會越來越迫切地要求採取更多措施化解難民危機，美國將在始於今年10月的新一個財年裏接納這些難民。

The US has admitted 1,600 refugees from the country this fiscal year.

本財年內，美國已接納了1600名敘利亞難民。

“The president has directed his team to scale up that number next year,” Mr Earnest said. “And he’s informed his team that he would like them to accept, at least make preparations to accept, at least 10,000 Syrian refugees in the next fiscal year.”

“總統已指示他的團隊明年增加難民接納人數，”歐內斯特說，“他已告訴自己的團隊，他希望他們在下一財年接納至少1萬名敘利亞難民，最起碼要做好這個準備。”

The announcement was the first formal US response to the images in recent weeks of Syrian refugees trying to make their way to European countries.

這是美國首次對近幾周來敘利亞難民努力逃往歐洲國家的局面作出正式迴應。

The UN estimates that as many as 4.1m people have fled Syria since the conflict there began in 2011, mostly to neighbouring countries, and has called for 130,000 Syrians to be resettled by the end of 2016.

聯合國(UN)估計，自2011年敘利亞衝突爆發以來，已有多達410萬人逃離了該國，其中大多數逃到了鄰國。聯合國呼籲各國在2016年底之前安置13萬敘利亞人。

The US has taken in around 70,000 refugees globally in each of the past few years.

過去幾年，美國每年大約接納7萬名世界各地的難民。

The administration has said it will probably increase the cap for next year, but has not said by how much.

美國政府表示，下年度很可能會提高難民接納人數上限，但它未說明會提高多少。