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走私者仍在从小船中获利,英国能否解决危机?People smugglers are still profiting from small boats. Can the UK fix the crisis?

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人们在试图从加莱附近格拉韦林的小福尔特-菲利普穿越英吉利海峡时,因警方发射催泪瓦斯而逃散。摄影:Hannah McKay/ReutersPeople run away from teargas fired by police as they try to cross the Channel from Petit-Fort-Philippe in Gravelines, near Calais. Photograph: Hannah McKay/Reuters

随着“一进一出”计划结束,尽管法国警方采取强硬措施且受到冷遇,难民仍渴望穿越海峡。走私者动作迅速。

As ‘one in, one out’ scheme ends, refugees still want to cross the Channel despite French police aggression and hostile welcomes The smuggler works quickly.

警员在加莱附近格拉韦林的小福尔特-菲利普海滩上站岗。摄影:Hannah McKay/ReutersPolice officers stand guard on the beach in Petit-Fort-Philippe, Gravelines, near Calais. Photograph: Hannah McKay/Reuters

他用小铲子在博洛涅-苏尔梅尔附近海滩的沙丘中挖出埋藏的充气艇,迅速组装并安装发动机。

Using a small shovel, he digs up a dinghy buried in a sand dune on a beach not far from Boulogne-sur-Mer, assembles it and affixes a motor in record time.

2023年9月28日,三人(包括一名儿童)在试图穿越英吉利海峡时不幸身亡,人们随后在加莱港口的一辆巴士内就坐。摄影:Hannah McKay/ReutersPeople sit inside a bus at the port of Calais after three people including a child died while attempting to cross the Channel on 28 September. Photograph: Hannah McKay/Reuters

“我从未见过有人如此高效地工作,”来自伊拉克的阿马德说,他是约30名正等待穿越海峡的庇护申请者之一。“英国政府想阻止走私者,但他们很狡猾。

他们有A计划、B计划和C计划,因此总有办法让人们渡过这片海。

只要庇护申请者愿意付钱,其中涉及的利润太高,他们就不会放弃。

“I never saw anyone work like this,” says Amad, from Iraq, one of a group of about 30 asylum seekers waiting to cross the Channel. “The UK government wants to stop the smugglers, but they are smart. They have plan A, plan B and plan C, so there is always a way for them to get people across this sea. For as long as asylum seekers will pay them, there is too much money involved for them to give up.”

2023年8月4日,人们在博洛涅-苏尔-梅尔的船只在英吉利海峡遇险后,下船后聚集在法国救援船只旁。摄影:Sameer Al-Doumy/AFP/GettyPeople gather after disembarking from a French rescue ship after their boat was caught in the Channel at Boulogne-sur-Mer on 4 August. Photograph: Sameer Al-Doumy/AFP/Getty
一群被认为是移民的人在英吉利海峡发生小船事故后,被皇家国家救生艇院(RNLI)送往朴次茅斯附近的戈斯波特游艇港。摄影:Trevor Adams/PAA group of people thought to be migrants are brought to a marina in Gosport by the RNLI after a small boat incident in the Channel. Photograph: Trevor Adams/PA
人们在朴次茅斯附近的戈斯波特抗议小船抵达。摄影:Solent NewsPeople protest against small boats arriving in Gosport near Portsmouth. Photograph: Solent News