移民抵达欧洲的总体数量下降，但仍导致数十名受害者，令当地官员不堪重负，并主导政治辩论。
Migrant arrivals to Europe are down overall but still claiming scores of victims, overwhelming local officials and dominating political debate.
在水的一侧，一个国家正沉浸在哀悼之中；另一侧，警报声此起彼伏。
e side of the water, a nation is in mourning. On the other, alarms are sounding.
塞内加尔和加那利群岛的截然不同的反应，源于上周数十名试图前往欧洲的塞内加尔移民在船只倾覆时死亡。他们在世界上风险最高的移民路线之一的死亡，恰逢欧洲整体移民抵达数量下降，却仍让当地官员应接不暇，并占据政治议题的中心。
The dueling reactions in Senegal and the Canary Islands came after dozens of Senegalese migrants trying to reach Europe died when their boat capsized last week. Their deaths along one of the world’s riskiest migration routes occurred at a moment when arrivals to Europe are down overall but still overwhelming local officials and dominating the political debate.
塞内加尔当局周一表示，已在该西非国家海岸附近找回至少39具遗体，长期高企的失业率迫使许多年轻男子近年来冒险横渡海路前往欧洲。
The Senegalese authorities said on Monday that at least 39 bodies had been recovered off the shore of the West African nation, where stubbornly high unemployment has driven many young men to attempt dangerous sea crossings to Europe in recent years.
塞内加尔内政部称，倾覆的船只上载有100多人。当地官员恩德耶·恩古纳尔·姆博德表示，这些移民原本希望抵达西班牙，并警告称死亡人数可能上升。已有一人获救，其他人游向岸边，但她说明，目前尚不清楚还有多少人成功上岸或失踪。
More than 100 people were on board the boat that capsized on Friday, according to Senegal’s interior ministry. A local official, Ndeye Nguénar Mbodj, said the migrants had been hoping to reach Spain, and she warned on Monday that the death toll could rise. One person was rescued and others swam to shore, but it was unclear how many others had made it or were missing, she explained.
许多移民在秋季尝试通过海路前往欧洲，因为此时地中海和大西洋的条件相对有利。希腊海岸警卫队称，仅在周一就从地中海回收了20具遗体。上个月，至少139人在吉布提附近的船只倾覆中丧生，这是该航线有史以来最致命的沉船事故之一。另一条热门航线是从西非前往西班牙，常经加那利群岛——西班牙的一个自治地区，位于北方约600英里处。
Many migrants try to reach Europe by sea in the fall, when conditions in the Mediterranean and the Atlantic can be more favorable. The Greek Coast Guard said it recovered 20 bodies from the Mediterranean on Monday alone. Last month, at least 139 people died in a capsizing near Djibouti, one of the deadliest shipwrecks ever recorded on that route. Another popular crossing runs from West Africa to Spain, often via the Canary Islands, an autonomous community of Spain about 600 miles to the north.
当局正忙于应对抵达西班牙群岛中一座岛屿的移民人数激增问题，这座岛屿就是耶罗岛。当地政府周一表示，过去九天里已有超过5000名移民抵达耶罗岛。他们宣布进入紧急状态，以释放应对该岛局势所需的资金。
That’s where the authorities were scrambling to address a spike in the number of migrants reaching one island, El Hierro, in the Spanish archipelago. More than 5,000 migrants have arrived on El Hierro over the past nine days, the local authorities said on Monday. They declared a state of emergency to unlock funding for a response on the island.
耶罗岛约有1.2万名居民。虽然该岛经常接收移民，但政府发言人阿方索·卡贝略表示，该岛从未在如此短的时间内接收过这么多移民。
El Hierro has about 12,000 residents. While it regularly receives migrants, Alfonso Cabello, a government spokesman, said the island had never received so many in such a short time.
西班牙政府表示已调拨国家资源应对这场危机。政府没有提供更多细节，不过当地媒体报道称，空军已被动员起来，将移民从该岛转移到西班牙本土。
The Spanish government said it had deployed state resources to respond to the crisis. It did not provide further details, although local news outlets reported that the Air Force had been mobilized to transfer migrants from the island to mainland Spain.
尽管塞内加尔附近发生了悲剧，加那利群岛也陷入恐慌，但欧洲官员提醒说，过去两年非法越境进入欧盟的人数已大幅下降。事实上，欧盟边境机构的数据显示，截至今年9月，沿所谓“西非路线”（包括加那利群岛）的越境人数较上年同期有所下降。
Despite the tragedy off Senegal and the consternation in the Canaries, European officials cautioned that illegal border crossings into the European Union had sharply declined over the past two years. In fact, data from the E.U. border agency shows that such border crossings along what is called the “Western Africa route,” which includes the Canary Islands, were down through September compared with the previous year.
尽管如此，这条路线仍是世界上最致命的路线之一。国际移民组织表示，今年1月1日至10月26日期间，至少有454人在该路线死亡或失踪，并警告说实际死亡人数很可能更高。“许多船只消失，无人生还，”该组织在一份声明中说。
Still, the route remains one of the world’s deadliest. The International Organization for Migration said at least 454 people died or disappeared there between Jan. 1 and Oct. 26 this year, and it warned that the true toll was most likely higher. “Many boats disappear without survivors,” it said in a statement.
移民问题在欧洲仍是一个尤其敏感的政治关切，尤其是随着欧洲大陆即将迎来重要选举之年。
Migration remains a particularly potent political concern in Europe, especially as the continent approaches a year of important elections.
西班牙首相佩德罗·桑切斯将本国定位为对移民持欢迎态度，与欧洲的趋势背道而驰，并于今年启动了一项计划，给予数十万无证移民合法身份。
Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez of Spain has positioned his country as welcoming toward migrants, bucking a European trend, and started a program this year to grant legal status to hundreds of thousands of undocumented immigrants.
他的政治对手把这当作攻击他的弹药。今年7月，超过8万名移民涌入西班牙在北非的飞地休达，引发人道主义危机，而政府反应迟缓，使危机更加严重。
His political opponents used that as ammunition when more than 80,000 migrants crossed into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta in North Africa in July, setting off a humanitarian crisis that was compounded by the government’s slow response.
如今，距离该国提前选举不到三周，埃尔耶罗岛局势已成为新的政治棍棒，而首相在民调中落后。
Now, with less than three weeks before snap elections in the country, the situation on El Hierro has become a new political cudgel as the prime minister trails in the polls.
西班牙右翼领导人迅速表示，该岛局势表明桑切斯无力控制国家边境，并将其与休达危机相提并论。
Right-wing leaders in Spain were quick to say that the situation on the island showed that Mr. Sánchez was incapable of controlling the country’s borders and drew parallels to the Ceuta crisis.
国际移民组织周一对《纽约时报》表示，尽管今年欧洲的“总体抵达人数”较低，但像埃尔耶罗这样的小岛仍可能面临“重大的运营挑战”。
The International Organization for Migration told The New York Times on Monday that, while “overall arrivals” were lower in Europe this year, smaller islands like El Hierro still could face “significant operational challenges.”
该机构表示：“最重要的是，这仍然是一场人道主义紧急情况。”并称通往加那利群岛的大西洋移民路线“极其危险”。据该组织称，今年这条路线占所有抵达欧洲人数的18%。欧盟边境和海岸警卫局发言人克里斯·博罗夫斯基表示，塞内加尔移民在抵达者中人数最多。许多人要在海上漂泊数日，还有无数人未能生还。
“Above all, this remains a humanitarian emergency,” the agency said, calling the Atlantic migration route to the Canaries “extremely dangerous.”That route accounted for 18 percent of all arrivals to Europe this year, according to the organization. And Senegalese migrants make up the largest number of arrivals, according to Chris Borowski, a spokesman for Frontex, the European Union’s border and coast guard agency. While many spend days at sea, countless others don’t make it.
据参与救援的当地活动人士阿利乌·巴亚尔·索称，周五在塞内加尔海岸附近倾覆的船只最先被该国海军发现。他在接受采访时说，这艘船当时正试图返回岸边，在首都达喀尔以北的凯贝梅尔镇附近倾覆。
The vessel that capsized off the coast of Senegal on Friday was first spotted by that country’s Navy, according to Aliou Bayal Sow, a local activist involved in the rescue. He said in an interview that the boat had been trying to return to shore when it capsized not far from Kébémer, a town north of the capital, Dakar.
塞内加尔总统巴西鲁·迪奥马耶·法耶表示“深切悲痛”，并向遇难者家属致以哀悼。46岁的法耶是非洲最年轻的领导人之一。他重申了竞选时的承诺，要为塞内加尔年轻人增加机会。据塞内加尔国家统计机构估计，该国15岁至34岁人群的失业率约为23.5%。
President Bassirou Diomaye Faye of Senegal — who, at 46, is one of Africa’s youngest leaders — expressed “profound sorrow” and sent condolences to the families of the victims. He reiterated a campaign promise to increase opportunities for youth in Senegal, where about 23.5 percent of people between the ages of 15 and 34 are unemployed, according to estimates from the national statistics agency.
“任何人，”他在周日的一则社交媒体帖文中补充说，“都不应该被迫出海，让海洋成为他们唯一的视野。”珍娜·斯米亚莱克自布鲁塞尔、尼基·基桑托尼斯自雅典、巴巴卡尔·法尔自塞内加尔达喀尔对本文有报道贡献。阿梅莉亚·尼伦伯格是《纽约时报》驻伦敦记者，报道国际新闻。
“No one,” he added on Sunday in a post on social media, “should have to set out to sea with the ocean as their only horizon.”Jeanna Smialek contributed reporting from Brussels, Niki Kitsantonis from Athens and Babacar Fall from Dakar, Senegal. Amelia Nierenberg is a Times reporter covering international news from London.