VOA慢速英語:阿富汗返鄉(xiāng)客生活面臨困境

Many of the tens of thousands of people returning to Afghanistan from Pakistan have no jobs, no support and no home. International aid agencies say they and the government are unable to help many of them.

從巴基斯坦返回阿富汗的數(shù)萬人中大多數(shù)都沒有工作，沒有援助，沒有家。國際救援機構稱他們和政府都無力幫助大多數(shù)人。

Hadeesa is one of those who has returned, along with her family. She is 14 years old, but she appears older. She cares for her mother, who is ill, and for her younger brother. He is abused at the place where he works. Her father and other family members together earn less than $40 a month. They must pay half of that to the owner of the house in which they live.

Hadeesa是那些與親人一塊回家的人之一。她現(xiàn)在僅有14歲但看起來還要大一些。她非常關心她生病的母親還要她的小弟弟。他弟弟在他工作的地方遭到虐待。他的爸爸和其他家庭成員每個月收入所得不到40美元。他們還要拿出一半的錢來交房租。

"We only eat bread with tea, and pay rent. We cannot afford anything else."

我們只能吃面包喝茶，還得交房租。其他的任何東西都買不起。

Hadeesa is one of more than 70,000 refugees who have returned to Afghanistan this year from Pakistan. Her mother says she does not know how they will survive.

Hadeesa是今年從巴基斯坦返回阿富汗的70000多名難民中的一個。她的母親說她不知道她們要怎樣生存下去。

"Because of migration, our life has gone from bad to worse. In Pakistan, we were in trouble due to a lack of legal documents. Here, we have no money."

因為移民，我們的生活每況愈下。在巴基斯坦，我們因為缺少法律文件陷入困境，而在這里，我們沒有錢生活。

Pakistan began taking action against undocumented Afghan refugees after an attack on a school in which 150 people were killed, most of them children.

巴基斯坦一所學校曾遭遇襲擊造成150人死亡，其中大多數(shù)為兒童。在那之后巴基斯坦開始對沒有法律文件的阿富汗難民采取了措施。

Mathew Graydon works at the International Organization of Migration (IOM.) He says aid agencies and the Afghan government were not prepared for the large increase in the number of people returning to the country.

Mathew Graydon為國際移民組織工作。他說救援機構和阿富汗政府沒有準備好應對如此多移民返鄉(xiāng)援助工作。

"So this has caused a major strain on the resources of the government and IOM to provide assistance to these people."

所以這給阿富汗政府和國際移民組織救助移民工作帶來了非常大的壓力、

Many of the families that have returned to Afghanistan had been living in Pakistan for many years. Some of the children in those families were born in Pakistan. They have never been to Afghanistan. The families return to communities where they often do not know many people. Many arrive with just the clothes they are wearing.

許多在巴基斯坦生活了很多年的家庭也不得不重新返回阿富汗。這些家庭中有的孩子出生在巴基斯坦。他們從沒有來過阿富汗。這些家庭回來之后這里認識的人不多，許多人只是帶著身上穿的一身衣服就回到了阿富汗。

Conflict deeply affects the areas with the most returnees, such as Kunhar and Kunduz provinces. Because of that, many refugees cannot go to their family villages. They become internally displaced.

沖突深深影響著沖突區(qū)的這些返鄉(xiāng)客，例如Kunhar和昆都士省的人。因為戰(zhàn)爭許多難民不能回到他們自己的村莊，所以他們變得無家可歸。

The lack of funding means only those most in need are given help by the government or aid agencies. The rest, like the family VOA spoke with, must find food and shelter by themselves.

資金缺乏意味著政府或者援助機構只能幫助那些最需要幫助的家庭。其他的，例如我們采訪的那家，只能靠自己來找食物和避難的地方。

For the refugee family we spoke with, life in Pakistan was difficult. But it is much worse in Afghanistan. And they do not believe it will change.

對于我們采訪的那戶家庭來講，在巴基斯坦的生活是艱辛的，但是在阿富汗的生活更加艱辛。他們不認為這種情況會有所改善。

I'm Christopher Jones-Cruise.

Correspondent Ayesha Tanzeem reported this story from Kabul. Christopher Jones-Cruise adapted it into VOA Learning English. Mario Ritter was the editor.

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Words in This Story

undocumented – adj. not having the official documents that are needed to enter, live in or work in a country legally

strain – n. a feeling of stress and worry that you have because you are trying to do too much or are dealing with a difficult problem