奧巴馬敘利亞難民政策遭美衆議院反對
President Barack Obama’s Syria refugee policy has suffered a blow after the US House of Representatives passed a measure that would make it harder for people fleeing the war-torn country to come to the US.
美國衆議院表決通過了一項法案，將使那些逃離戰火紛飛祖國的敘利亞人更加難以進入美國。這對美國總統巴拉克攠巴馬(Barack Obama)的敘利亞難民政策是一個打擊。
The House on Thursday voted 289-137 to impose stringent vetting requirements for Syrian and Iraqi refugees, with nearly 50 Democrats breaking ranks with the president.
週四，美國衆議院以289票對137票的表決結果，通過了對敘利亞和伊拉克難民實施嚴格審查規定的法案，近50名民主黨衆議員站到了奧巴馬的對立面。
Mr Obama, who has vowed to veto the measure if it also receives the necessary Senate approval, has accused Republicans of “shameful” behaviour over their response to the Syrian humanitarian crisis.
這項法案若想成爲法律須在參議院也獲得通過。奧巴馬已發誓，如果它在參議院也獲得通過，他將否決該法案。他批評共和黨在應對敘利亞人道主義危機方面的所作所爲是“可恥的”。
In the aftermath of the Paris attacks, Republican governors, presidential candidates and others have lambasted the administration over its plan to bring 10,000 Syrian refugees to the US over the coming year, citing concerns that members of Isis or other militant groups could pose as refugees to gain entry to the US and launch attacks on American soil.
巴黎發生恐怖襲擊後，共和黨籍州長、總統候選人和其他人士對奧巴馬政府在接下來一年裏讓1萬名敘利亞難民進入美國的計劃予以了猛烈抨擊。他們給出的理由是，擔心伊拉克和黎凡特伊斯蘭國(ISIS)或其他激進組織的成員可能會裝扮成難民進入美國、並在美國國土上發動襲擊。
Paul Ryan, the new House speaker, said on Wednesday: “We cannot allow terrorists to take advantage of our compassion.”
美國衆議院新任議長保羅帠襴（Paul Ryan，見文首圖）週三表示：“我們不能允許恐怖分子利用我們的同情心。”
The White House in September said it would boost the number of Syrian refugees admitted to America from 1,500 in the preceding 12 months to 10,000 over the course of 2016. Its decision followed growing pressure from European officials as hundreds of thousands of Syrians and refugees from other war zones flee to nations across Europe.
今年9月美國政府表示，將在2016年全年准許1萬名敘利亞難民進入美國，而之前12個月這個數字僅爲1500人。美國政府是在受到歐洲官員越來越大壓力的情況下做出這一決定的，目前，數十萬敘利亞人以及來自其他戰亂地區的難民正逃往歐洲各國。
The policy was facing scrutiny before the attacks, but the massacres in the French capital have elevated the criticism to a new level. The White House says that all Syrian refugees undergo a rigorous screening process, but critics have called for at least a temporary halt in the programme to test that claim.
巴黎發生恐怖襲擊前，美國的敘利亞難民政策已受到嚴密的審視，這場襲擊更是令美國國內對該政策的批評上升到一個新水平。美國政府表示，所有敘利亞難民都會經過嚴格的審查程序，但批評者呼籲至少應該暫時中止該計劃，以測試一下這種嚴格審查是否真能做到。
The measure passed by the House would require officials leading several agencies — the FBI, the Director of National Intelligence and the Homeland Security department — to certify personally that any given refugee does not pose a security threat to the US.
美國衆議院通過的這項法案要求幾家機構——聯邦調查局(FBI)、國家情報總監辦公室(ODNI)以及國土安全部(Homeland Security department)——的主管官員親自擔保任一給定的難民都不會對美國的安全構成威脅。
The White House has described the approach as “untenable” and warned it would complicate efforts to resolve the refugee crisis in Europe.
美國政府稱這種做法“站不住腳”，並警告此舉將令化解歐洲難民危機的努力複雜化。
During his trip to Asia this week, Mr Obama has lashed out at critics, including those such as Ted Cruz, the Texas senator running for the Republican presidential nomination, who say the US should only take Christian refugees.
在本週訪問亞洲期間，奧巴馬抨擊了一些批評人士，包括德克薩斯州參議員、競選共和黨總統提名的特德克魯茲(Ted Cruz)。這些批評人士稱，美國應當只接納信仰基督教的難民。
The debate comes as immigration has surfaced as a polarising issue in the presidential campaign thanks to Donald Trump.
由於唐納德礠朗普(Donald Trump)的關係，移民問題已成爲美國總統選舉中一個容易引起尖銳對立的問題。
Earlier this week, David Miliband, the former British foreign secretary who now heads the International Rescue Committee, warned that the US risked abandoning its leadership role as a recipient of refugees because of the backlash since the Paris attacks. “It could increase the pressure everywhere else and could give all sorts of people an excuse to say that even America was stepping back,” he told the Financial Times in an interview.
本週早些時候，前英國外交大臣戴維猠利班德(David Miliband)警告稱，由於巴黎發生恐怖襲擊以來民衆出現了強烈的反移民情緒，美國可能會放棄其在接收難民方面的領導地位。他在接受採訪時告訴英國《金融時報》：“這可能會讓其他所有國家面臨更大的壓力，而且可能會讓所有人都有藉口說，連美國都在打退堂鼓。”米利班德現任國際救援委員會(International Rescue Committee)主席。
