美国称下年度至少接纳1万叙利亚难民

The US will take in at least 10,000 refugees from Syria over the next year, a sixfold increase over the current year, the White House said on Thursday.

美国政府周四表示，在接下来的一年里美国将接纳至少1万名叙利亚难民，数量为本年度的6倍。

Facing mounting international pressure to do more to address the refugee crisis, the US would accept the refugees in the new fiscal year which starts in October, said White House spokesman Josh Earnest.

白宫发言人乔希欧内斯特(Josh Earnest)表示，考虑到国际社会越来越迫切地要求采取更多措施化解难民危机，美国将在始于今年10月的新一个财年里接纳这些难民。

The US has admitted 1,600 refugees from the country this fiscal year.

本财年内，美国已接纳了1600名叙利亚难民。

“The president has directed his team to scale up that number next year,” Mr Earnest said. “And he’s informed his team that he would like them to accept, at least make preparations to accept, at least 10,000 Syrian refugees in the next fiscal year.”

“总统已指示他的团队明年增加难民接纳人数，”欧内斯特说，“他已告诉自己的团队，他希望他们在下一财年接纳至少1万名叙利亚难民，最起码要做好这个准备。”

The announcement was the first formal US response to the images in recent weeks of Syrian refugees trying to make their way to European countries.

这是美国首次对近几周来叙利亚难民努力逃往欧洲国家的局面作出正式回应。

The UN estimates that as many as 4.1m people have fled Syria since the conflict there began in 2011, mostly to neighbouring countries, and has called for 130,000 Syrians to be resettled by the end of 2016.

联合国(UN)估计，自2011年叙利亚冲突爆发以来，已有多达410万人逃离了该国，其中大多数逃到了邻国。联合国呼吁各国在2016年底之前安置13万叙利亚人。

The US has taken in around 70,000 refugees globally in each of the past few years.

过去几年，美国每年大约接纳7万名世界各地的难民。

The administration has said it will probably increase the cap for next year, but has not said by how much.

美国政府表示，下年度很可能会提高难民接纳人数上限，但它未说明会提高多少。