英国悄然上调退籍费 民众斥责政府大发'脱欧'财
The Home Office has hiked fees sharply for UK nationals to renounce their British nationality, following a Brexit surge in people adopting the citizenship of other European countries.
随着英国脱欧引发加入其他欧洲国家国籍的英国人数量激增，英国内政部已经大幅提高了公民放弃英国国籍的费用。Ministers were accused of "cashing in on Brexit" after it emerged fees were quietly raised to more than 1,000 pounds for a family of three.
在一个三口之家的“退籍费”悄然上调至1000英镑以上之后，大臣们被指利用脱欧牟利。Many of the 1.3 million British people living abroad in other EU countries have sought foreign citizenship since the EU referendum.
自退欧公投以来，生活在其他欧盟国家的130万英国人中的很多人都已申请了外国国籍。
But with many EU countries, such as the Netherlands and Austria, restricting or entirely banning dual citizenship, some Britons are forced to pay twice: once to apply for costly foreign citizenship and again to renounce their British citizenship.
但因为许多像荷兰和奥地利这样的欧盟国家，限制或完全禁止双重国籍，因此一些英国人被迫缴纳两次费用：一次是申请外国国籍的高额费用，另一次则是放弃自己的英国国籍的费用。
In April, the Home Office raised the renunciation fee per person by more than 50 pounds from 321 pounds to 372 pounds.
今年4月，内政部将人均“退籍费”提高了50多英镑，从321英镑上调至372英镑。Though expensive enough for single people, couples and families living abroad can easily find themselves spending many thousands of pounds on a citizenship application once the UK's charges for leaving are taken into account.
对于生活在国外的单身人士、夫妇和家庭来说，这个数字已经够贵的了。要是算上英国的离境费用，他们在申请公民身份方面的花费很容易就达到了数千英镑。The department says the sharp increase reflects an increased cost of handling applications dash; at the same time as British people applying for foreign passports surged.
内政部称，这项费用的上涨是由于同时期申请外国护照的英国人激增从而使的处理申请的成本也相应增加。Figures from EU statistics agency Eurostat show the number of British people seeking the citizenship of other countries had increased by 165 per cent in the year of the referendum compared with the previous year. Individual figures from other countries show a sustained increase in similar applications throughout 2017.
欧盟统计局的数据显示，与前一年相比，英国申请其他国家公民身份的人数增加了165%。其他国家的数据也显示，2017年全年这类身份申请的数量持续增加。
