VOA慢速英语--西班牙成为欧盟移民的首选目的地
时间：2019-01-03 作者：英语课 分类：2018年VOA慢速英语(七)月
Spain Becomes Top EU Migrant Destination
Spain has become the number-one destination for migrants who cross the Mediterranean 1 Sea to get to Europe.
Before, the country most of the migrants tried to reach was Italy.
The latest numbers come from for the European Union's border agency 2 Frontex. They show the number of migrants reaching Spain increased 166 percent from a year ago, to nearly 6,400 in June.
Migrants from Morocco, Guinea and Mali made up the highest number of arrivals 3 in Spain this year.
The number of migrants who used the central Mediterranean path to Italy and Malta this June fell to about 3,000. That is a drop of 87 percent compared to June 2017.
The Italian government recently banned non-governmental organization (NGO) boats from disembarking migrants in Italian ports. The ban is expected to last through the summer.
Demonstrators have protested 4 the decision. They accuse 5 their government of being responsible 6 for the deaths of migrants at sea.
The United 7 Nations says one in seven migrants making the crossing has drowned since Italy banned NGO boats.
Earlier this week, the Spanish NGO Proactiva Open Arms discovered a destroyed migrant boat off the coast of Libya. Rescuers found the bodies of a woman and child. Another woman was found alive.
The group and other NGOs accuse the Libyan coast guard and a ship that was nearby of leaving the migrants to die.
Oscar Camps, who founded Proactiva Open Arms, said the deaths were a direct 8 result of "not allowing NGOs, which rescue lives in the Mediterranean, to work here.”
Earlier this week, five European nations — France, Spain, Germany, Malta and Portugal — agreed to share 450 migrants who had been rescued by Italian government boats. Italy refused to take all of them in. Italian Interior 9 Minister Matteo Salvini wrote on Twitter: "Firmness and coherence 10 pay off."
He later told reporters that his goal was “to save everyone. To aid everyone. To heal 11 everyone. To feed everyone. But to avoid that everyone comes to Italy.”
In total, the number of so-called 12 irregular migrant crossings into the European Union in the first half of 2018 was more than 60,000. That is almost a 50-percent drop from a year ago.
I'm Susan Shand.
Words in This Story
destination - n. a place to which a person is going or something is being sent
disembark - v. to remove (something or someone) from a ship or airplane
coherence – n. the ability to talk or express yourself in a clear way that can be easily understood
irregular - adj. not following the usual rules about what should be done
- The houses are Mediterranean in character.这些房子都属地中海风格。
- Gibraltar is the key to the Mediterranean.直布罗陀是地中海的要冲。
- This disease is spread through the agency of insects.这种疾病是通过昆虫媒介传播的。
- He spoke in the person of Xinhua News Agency.他代表新华社讲话。
- Arrivals continue to be abundant. 到货仍然源源不断。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- There were two new arrivals, fidgeting around, waiting to ask questions. 有两个新来的人坐立不安地等着提问。 来自辞典例句
- He protested he was being cheated of his rightful share. 他提出抗议说他被人骗取了他依法应得的份额。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Amy protested she was being cheated of her rightful share. 艾米提出抗议，说有人骗取了她依法应得的份额。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- I've been wrong to accuse him.我指责他是不正确的。
- Make sure of your facts before you accuse him.在指责他以前要把材料核实一下。
- He must be responsible to me for this matter.这件事他必须对我负责。
- The police are responsible for the preservation of law and order.警察负责维持法律与秩序。
- The whole nation is closely united.全国人民紧密团结。
- The two men were united by community of interests.共同的利益使两个人结合在一起。
- This train is direct,you do not have to change.这辆火车是直达的，你不必换车。
- The army is under the king's direct command.军队由国王直接统帅。
- There is water in the interior of the cave.在山洞的内部有水。
- They went into the interior room.他们进了内室。
- There was no coherence between the first and the second half of the film.这部电影的前半部和后半部没有连贯性。
- Environmental education is intended to give these topics more coherence.环境教育的目的是使这些课题更加息息相关。
- Time helped heal the old wounds.时间有助于治愈旧创伤。
- This wound will soon heal if yon keep it clean.如果你保持伤口清洁，它很快就会痊愈。
- These were the so-called mainframe machines.它们被称为主机。
- Let's see what this so-called button does.让我们来看看为什么这个按钮叫这个名字。