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联合国儿童基金会执行主任安东尼.雷克就欧洲移民和难民危机对儿童的影响发表声明

2015-09-03

纽约/香港,2015年9月3日– 在欧洲,有儿童遇难,尸体被沖到海滩上,有孩子在过境途中,于车内窒息死亡,还有父母绝望地将儿童遗体递过铁丝网……这些景像都令人心碎。

On 26 August, a distressed child rests over the shoulder of the man carrying him, in the town of Gevgelija, on the border with Greece. Uniformed officers from the special police forces of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia stand nearby. In late August 2015 in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, more than 52,000 people have been registered at the border by police in the town of Gevgelija, after entering from Greece, since June 2015. Since July 2015, the rate of refugees and migrants transiting through the country has increased to approximately 2,000 to 3000 people per day. Women and children now account for nearly one third of arrivals. An estimated 12 per cent of the women are pregnant. Many are escaping conflict and insecurity in their home countries of Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan and the Syrian Arab Republic. There are children of all ages traveling with their families. Some are unaccompanied minors aged 16–18 years who are traveling in groups with friends. They are arriving in the country from Greece, transiting to Serbia and further to Hungary, from where they generally aim to reach other countries in the European Union.
© UNICEF/NYHQ2015-2065/Georgiev
随着欧洲移民和难民危机恶化,更多震惊世界的画面将在全球社交媒体、电视新闻和报纸头条上出现。 然而,单单令世界为此震惊是不够的,我们必须立即采取行动。 这些儿童所面临的困境不是他们的选择,也不是他们可以控制。他们需要受到保护。他们也有权利受到保护。
我们唿吁采取以下措施:

1. 在任何时候,都应为这些儿童提供必需的基本服务,包括医疗衞生、食物、心理支援和教育,並为移民和难民提供足够的容身之所,让儿童能与家人一起生活。

2. 派遣足够的儿童福利专家,帮助这些儿童及家庭。

3. 不仅要在海上,也要在陆上展开移民和难民搜救行动,尽一切努力,保护移民和难民儿童免遭虐待和剥削。

4. 在处理寻求庇护等与儿童相关的问题上,要优先考虑儿童的最大利益。

今天,我们怀着沉痛的心情,向那些在欧洲海上、岸边或公路旁失去孩子的家庭致以哀悼。在继续争论政策的同时,我们绝不能忽视危机中的人性问题。

我们也绝不能无视这些关于儿童的问题。

我们亦不能不考虑这场危机的规模。在欧洲寻求庇护的人数中,至少1/4是儿童。单在2015年上半年,已有超过106,000万名儿童在欧洲申请庇护。

我们绝不能忘记导致这么多家庭在欧洲寻求庇护的原因,是因为激烈的地区冲突。例如在叙利亚,200万名儿童因此被迫逃离自己的家园。只有结束这些冲突,才能结束这些悲剧。

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