以色列批准遏制非洲移民涌入计划

“We have no obligation to receive illegal migrants,” he said, adding that if Israel does not stop the flood, the nation will be swept away by it.

内塔尼亚胡说，以色列没有义务接收非法移民。他补充说，如果以色列没有制止移民涌入，那么这个国家就会被移民淹没掉。

The issue poses a moral dilemma for Israel because during the Holocaust, Jewish refugees fleeing from the Nazis were turned away from Western countries.

这个问题给以色列带来了一个道德困境，因为大屠杀期间，逃离纳粹的犹太难民不被西方国家所接受。

Reut Michaeli, who heads Israel’s Hotline for Migrant Workers, says the government’s response is wrong.

以色列的移民工热线负责人罗伊特.米夏埃利认为，政府的反应是错误的。

Michaeli told Israel Radio that Israel is a nation of refugees that was established by refugees, and therefore it has an obligation to open its doors to Africans who have fled from war and persecution.

米夏埃利对以色列广播电台说，以色列是个难民国家，是由难民建立的，因此以色列有义务为逃离战乱和迫害的非洲人敞开大门。

But the government says the vast majority of Africans arriving here are economic migrants and not refugees.

但是政府表示，来到以色列的非洲人中绝大部分是经济移民，而不是难民。

Prime Minister Netanyahu plans to travel to several African nations soon to discuss repatriating the migrants.

以色列总理内塔尼亚胡计划最近到几个非洲国家访问，讨论遣返移民的问题。