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VOA常速英语:匈牙利拘留所有避难者的计划引起公愤

2017-03-12来源:和谐英语

匈牙利拘留所有避难者的计划引起公愤

Hungary calls them ‘border hunters’, 3000 new recruits armed with pistols and pepper spray,who will patrol the frontiers alongside the police and army.

The country’s Prime Minister attended their graduation ceremony Tuesday, and said Hungary is "under siege."

“Migration is the Trojan wooden horse of terrorism.The people that come to us do not want to live according to our culture and customs,but according to their own European standards of living.”

Human rights groups say conflating migration with terrorism is simply wrong.

“This is exactly what many refugees and asylum seekers are fleeing from, is violence and insecurity.”

Under the legislation, Hungary will detain all asylum seekers in what it terms "shelters," pending the outcome of their applications.The United Nations says that means all refugees, including children, will be housed in containers surrounded by razor wire fences.

In addition, police will be allowed to detain migrants anywhere in the country who have crossed illegally,and summarily expel them back across the border.Previously, this only applied to migrants detained close to the frontier.

“The measures that the Hungarian authorities have chosen is to avoid properly assessing each application,each irregular migrant or asylum seeker arriving to Hungary.What they are doing instead is just putting the burden of this on other countries.So what we see is that the Hungarian government’s deliberate dismantling of its asylum system results in thousands of people being stuck in Serbia.”

Hundreds of stranded migrants in Serbia live in abandoned buildings or even forest camps.Many say they have suffered violence at the hands of Hungarian police.

“Or it will fight us, or it will, is difficult, because here is, we are homeless, we are innocent.And my friend told us that on Hungary part, they fight and, they beat us, and by not, they fight us.That’s why I not try.”

Hungarian authorities deny using excessive force, but aid groups say they have documented several cases of violence.

We want that the European leaders put this issue of abuse that is happening inside of European borders by the Hungarian border police high up on the agenda.“

Hungary says it is simply securing the external border of the European Union.

The government claims to have the support of the Hungarian people,and says there is "a change of mood in Europe" over migration following the election of Donald Trump as U.S. President.

Henry Ridgwell, for VOA news, London.