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Turkey Steps Up Efforts to Avert Afghan Refugee Exodus

土耳其竭盡所能防止阿富汗難民潮

With the Taliban seizing control of Afghanistan, Turkey seeks to avert a refugee exodus, with the country already hosting over four million refugees, with about 120,000 of them from Afghanistan, according the United Nations.

在塔利班奪取阿富汗政權之下,土耳其正設法避免難民入境。據聯合國(United Nations)統計,土耳其已經收容了超過 400 萬難民,而其中約有 12 萬人來自阿富汗。

 

◎ 國際要聞英語討論及聽力加強課

 
開課日期:2021年 10 月 8 日至 11 月 12 日

授課教師:徐維娟

Course description: 本課程以引導同學克服懼怕開口說英語為主軸,上課教材主要為當週世界各地所發生的大事。內容涵蓋經濟、金融、政治、科技、軍事、醫藥、教育、文化、娛樂等各領域。先聽標題新聞,隨即進行討論,各自發表意見,上課時密集練習,由淺入深逐步訓練,積極提升同學的口語、聽力與發音。 教師將協助同學擴增詞彙量、了解語法與句構以豐富談話的深度。本課程目的為鼓勵大家積極勇敢發言,並在討論中了解跨文化的各項議題。同學自信心必獲增強,世界觀必將拓展。歡迎有意提升會話及聽力的同學參加本班。 **教師每週自備講義,同學不須購買課本。

課程費用 : 6 週課程(共 12 小時) - 共 1200 元

報名方式 : 報名一律請至外語教學暨資源中心三樓 307 室由本人現場報名。 每門課登記額滿即截止報名,最遲於開課當日截止報名登記。
 
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* 報名請洽外語教學暨資源中心三樓 307 室葉先生,TEL: 02-33662898

 
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◎ 外語教學暨資源中心「進階英語課程免修自訂測驗」施測日期更改為 9 月 21 日(星期二)

(1)110 學年度「進階英語課程免修自訂測驗」,配合校方開學日變更至 9 月 22 日,原訂 8 月 22 日
        (日)施測日期將更改為 9 月 21 日(星期二)。
(2)報名日期延長至 8 月 27 日。原先已報名測驗的學生,如無法於 9 月 21 日應試,請逕至
          報名系統取消報名。
(3)測驗結果及成績公告時間:9 月 27 日(一)

原始公告更新如下:
一、 測驗日期:110 年 9 月 21 日星期二。本測驗採網路報名,免收任何費用。
二、 限本校尚未修習或正在修習「進階英語」課程,且未達該課程免修標準之本校學士班學生報名。
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Turkey Steps Up Efforts to Avert Afghan Refugee Exodus
VOA News|Middle East
August 16, 2021 04:35 PM (source)

Turkey Steps Up Efforts to Avert Afghan Refugee Exodus

土耳其竭盡所能防止阿富汗難民潮

August 16, 2021 04:35 PM

Dorian Jone 

  VOA News 搶先看 

在塔利班佔領阿富汗之下,許多阿富汗難民借道伊朗前往土耳其,土耳其早已收容了許多敘利亞難民,族群間的衝突加劇社會壓力。同時,在伊朗的阿富汗難民因害怕被伊朗政府送回阿富汗,想儘早離開伊朗。總部設在土耳其的阿富汗難民團結協會負責人阿里.赫克馬特 (Ali Hekmat) 表示,預計有更多阿富汗難民前往土耳其。土耳其社會壓力加劇,政府於邊境修建圍牆阻擋難民,大多數土耳其人也希望早日難民離境。儘管土耳其已與敘利亞及塔利班進行數次會談,土耳其總統艾爾多安(Recep Tayyip Erdogan)仍面臨阿富汗難民人數攀升的困境。

With the Taliban seizing control of Afghanistan, Turkey seeks to avert a refugee exodus, with the country already hosting over four million refugees, with about 120,000 of them from Afghanistan, according the United Nations.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is pledging to step up diplomatic and security efforts to prevent an Afghan refugee exodus into Turkey. Erdogan, speaking Sunday, warned that the Taliban's victories in Afghanistan inevitably opens the door to more refugees heading to his country. 

Erdogan said “Turkey is facing a growing migration wave of Afghans transiting through Iran." He said,  "we will continue to make efforts to bring stability to the region, starting with Afghanistan."

Erdogan spoke with Pakistani President Arif Alvi at his side, who was visiting Istanbul. The Turkish president said Pakistan, a close Turkish ally, was key to restoring stability in Afghanistan.

Earlier this month, Erdogan said he was ready for talks with the Taliban leadership. The Taliban said last week they consider Turkey an ally of Afghanistan. Ankara has also held diplomatic talks with Tehran over the refugee crisis. Turkish officials have accused Iran of sending some Afghan refugees to the Turkish border, which Tehran has denied. 

Ali Hekmat, head of the Turkish-based Afghan Refugee Solidarity Association, said many Afghan refugees in Iran are desperate to leave. .

"I am expecting that more refugees will be moving to Turkey from Iran because lots of Afghan army and authorities escaped into Iran. Yesterday, the Iranian government sent them back to Afghanistan. So, most of the refugees are afraid [of] Iran pushing them back to Afghanistan. So, it's the best choice to arrive in Turkey, and maybe they will be near Europe," said Hekmat.

Erdogan has declared a frontier wall with Iran will soon be completed to prevent new arrivals. With Turkey already hosting over four million refugees, mainly from the Syrian civil war, analysts warn of rising social tensions in the country. 

Last week, hundreds of people attacked Syrian refugees' homes and shops in a suburb in the capital, Ankara. Recent opinion polls indicate a majority of people want many of the refugees to leave, a stance backed by the main opposition party.

Analyst Asli Aydintasbas said the prospect of a new wave of Afghan refugees poses a major problem for Erdogan.

"It's a huge challenge and an increasingly divisive issue in Turkish public opinion. There is an overwhelming anxiety in Turkish society about refugees, in general, including some 4 million Syrians. The issue is so explosive in Turkey right now; that would be huge political blow to him (Erdogan) if it were to come out that Turkey was formerly accepting Afghan refugees," said Aydintasbas. 

Ankara is expected to continue to step up its efforts to control its borders. But with another significant refugee exodus being widely predicted, time is not on the government's side. 

 

Language Notes

註 1: avert 意指避免

註 2: exodus 意指(大批人的)退出,離開

註 3: inevitably 意指不可避免的

註 4: stability 意指穩定時期

註 5: social tensions 意指(互不信任的人群之間的)緊張關係;緊張局勢

註 6: blow 於本文為名詞,意指打撃
 

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Check your comprehension!

Choose the BEST answer to each of the questions below. After you finish, highlight the parentheses to reveal the hidden answers.

1. ( B ) Which of the following is TRUE of Afghan refugees?
            (A) They are all currently in Iran.     
            (B) Many left Afghanistan because of the Taliban.
            (C) They left Syria for Turkey.  
            (D) Many do not want to be in Turkey.                       
2. ( A ) Which of the following best summarizes what Ali Hekmat said?
            (A) Afghan refugees want to leave Iran because they are afraid of being sent back so Turkey is an ideal destination.   
            (B) Afghan refugees want to leave Afghanistan because they are afraid of what the Taliban would do to them if they
                 stayed any longer.                                                                         
            (C) Afghan refugees want to leave Syria because they are afraid of being targeted by civilian attacks and rising
                  pressure.   
            (D) Afghan refugees want to leave Turkey because they are afraid of the persecution by Turks and Syrians already in
                  the country.                      
3. ( B ) Why does Aydintasbas say that Erdogan finding out Turkey previously accepted Afghan refugees would be a
            political blow to him?
            (A) Because Erdogan would feel slighted that he was not informed about his country accepting refugees    
            (B) Because current social opinions against refugees would make people upset at Erdogan if people knew more
                  refugees were being accepted into the country                                  
            (C) Because Aydintasbas has little faith in Erdogan's ability to keep track of what refugee protocols have been
                  implemented  
            (D) Because current social opinions against Erdogan would make people doubt whether he knows how to
                  accommodate more refugees               

 

 

 

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