美國接納難民進展緩慢 爭議還在繼續

A federal judge on Thursday rejected efforts by Texas to stop the resettlement of Syrian refugees within its borders.

星期四，一位美國聯邦法官駁回了德克薩斯州有關停止敘利亞難民在德州定居的要求。

The ruling comes days after presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump called to block noncitizen Muslims from entering the U.S. following the Orlando nightclub massacre.

在法官做出這一裁決的幾天前，美國共和黨推定總統候選人川普在奧蘭多一家夜總會發生大規模槍擊案後提出了不準外國穆斯林入境的主張。

Even before the attack, Americans were divided, mostly along party lines, on the issue of refugees from war-torn countries in the Middle East.

奧蘭多襲擊事件發生前，美國民衆在接納中東難民的問題上就存在分歧，而且基本是以黨派劃線。

A survey conducted in late May by the Brookings Institution found of those polled, just 38 percent of Republicans supported taking in refugees from Syria and the Middle East, compared with 77 percent of Democrats. But among Trump supporters, an overwhelming 77 percent said they oppose taking in refugees.

布魯金斯學會5月底做的民調顯示，只有38%的共和黨人支持接納敘利亞和其他中東國家難民，而77%的民主黨人表示支持。在川普的支持者中，77%的人反對接納難民。

By the end of 2014, there were 19.5 million refugees worldwide, according to the United Nations. This was an increase of 2.9 million from 2013.

聯合國說，到2014年底，世界上共有1950萬難民，比2013年增加了290萬。

U.S. President Barack Obama has set a goal of resettling 10,000 Syrian refugees in the 2016 fiscal year, which began on October 1. But the administration is still far behind that schedule. Only about 3,500 Syrian refugees have been admitted so far.

奧巴馬總統決定，美國在去年10月1號開始的2016財政年度中要接納1萬名敘利亞難民。但是進度遲緩，到目前爲止，美國只接納了大約3500名敘利亞難民。