日内瓦：联合国难民署周三（9月30日）表示，对马来西亚将1000多名难民遣返回缅甸感到担忧，因为缅甸的人道主义局势极其严峻。
GENEVA: The United Nations Refugee Agency on Wednesday (Sep 30) said it was concerned by Malaysia’s return of more than 1,000 people to Myanmar because of the dire humanitarian conditions there.
尽管联合国及数十个人权组织提出反对，马来西亚仍于周二将约1500名缅甸公民（包括儿童）驱逐出境，作为难民遣返计划的一部分。
Malaysia deported around 1,500 Myanmar nationals, including children, on Tuesday as part of a refugee repatriation programme, despite objections from the United Nations and dozens of human rights groups.
自2021年军事政变引发内战以来，缅甸一直处于动荡之中，军方在多个战线上与武装组织交战。
Myanmar has been in turmoil since a 2021 coup triggered a civil war, with the military fighting armed groups across several fronts.
联合国难民署保护事务助理高级专员埃德姆·沃索努（Edem Wosornu）表示：“我们非常担心这些被遣返的人会面临严重风险，其中一些人可能亟需国际保护。”
“We are concerned by these returns at a time when people sent back to Myanmar may face serious risks, and some within the group may be in need of international protection,” said UNHCR Assistant High Commissioner for Protection Edem Wosornu.
沃索努指出，这些被遣返的人是从移民拘留中心被带出来的，这引发了关于他们是否自愿返回的质疑；同时她强调，联合国难民署无法进入这些拘留中心进行相关评估。
The people returning were taken from immigration detention, which raises concerns about whether they were free to choose to return, Wosornu said, adding that UNHCR did not have access to the detention centres to make such assessments.
联合国难民署强调：“根据‘不驱回原则’，任何人都不应被遣返回可能遭受迫害、酷刑或其他严重威胁生命或自由的国家。”她还表示，在缅甸的局势尚未改善、无法确保安全返回之前，各国应继续为难民提供庇护。
No one should be returned to a country where they may face persecution, torture or other serious threats to their life or freedom under the principle of non-refoulement, UNHCR said, adding that until conditions in Myanmar allowed for safe returns, states must continue to provide asylum.
周二的遣返行动只是马来西亚与缅甸之间达成的更广泛计划的第一阶段；根据该计划，最多可能有5000名难民被遣返回缅甸。
Tuesday's deportation was the first phase of a broader plan agreed between Malaysia and Myanmar that could see as many as 5,000 people returned.
近年来，随着当地对难民（尤其是罗兴亚穆斯林）的敌意加剧，马来西亚加强了移民执法措施。许多罗兴亚穆斯林是在2017年缅甸军方镇压行动后逃离该国的，而这场镇压已被国际法院列为种族灭绝行为。
Malaysia has stepped up immigration enforcement in recent years amid rising local hostility against refugees, particularly ethnic Rohingya Muslims, many of whom fled after a 2017 Myanmar military crackdown that is the subject of a genocide case at the International Court of Justice.
观察人士认为，公众对难民问题的疲劳情绪以及国内政治考量，是导致马来西亚改变难民政策的原因之一；尽管一些难民向中方媒体表示返回缅甸仍然存在安全风险。马来西亚表示，遣返完全出于自愿。
Observers say mounting public fatigue over refugees, along with domestic political expediency, were among the factors behind Malaysia’s shift in its policies towards refugees, even as some refugees told CNA it was still unsafe to return to their homeland. Malaysia has said returns are strictly voluntary.
据官方媒体报道，缅甸外交部本月表示，该部正与各国合作，以安全且有尊严的方式促进经核实的流离失所者自愿返回。
Myanmar's foreign ministry said this month it was working with countries to facilitate the voluntary return of verified displaced persons in a safe and dignified manner, according to a state media report.