索馬里難民搬遷到肯尼亞新地點

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees says it will start Moving Somali refugee families into a new area of Kenya’s overcrowded Dadaab refugee complex. The new site, known as Kambioos, is close to the Hagadera camp, one of Dadaab’s three refugee camps.

聯合國難民署說，它將開始把索馬里難民家庭遷到肯尼亞過度擁擠的達達阿布難民營裏的一個新區域。這個新地點爲坎比奧斯，靠近達達阿布難民營三個營地之一的哈加德拉營地。

More than 70,0000 Somalis fleeing drought, famine and conflict have arrived at Kenya’s Dadaab camp over the past two months, pushing the overall population to about 440,000. The new influx adds to the existing chaotic conditions of the overcrowded refugee complex.

逃離乾旱、饑荒和衝突的70多萬索馬里人在過去兩個月陸續抵達了肯尼亞的達達阿布難民營，使難民營整體人數增加到大約44萬人。新的人潮涌入讓過度擁擠的難民營更加混亂。

When Dadaab was constructed 20 years ago, it was designed to accommodate about 90,000 people. It has since grown to be the world’s largest refugee camp and, in terms of its population, is now Kenya’s fourth largest city.

達達阿布難民營20年前興建時，原來是設計容納大約9萬人。從那時以來， 這個難民營已經變成世界上最大的難民營。按人口計算， 它現在是肯尼亞第四大城市。

UNHCR spokesman Adrian Edwards says the camp is bursting with refugees and cannot accommodate more. So, new arrivals are forced to live in squalid, makeshift conditions on its periphery.

聯合國難民署發言人愛德華茲說，難民營擠滿了難民，容納不下更多人。所以，新來的難民被迫住在周圍骯髒的臨時住處。

He says the UN refugee agency is working to ease this shelter crisis by transferring the first of several thousand Somali refugee families into a new site, which is planned to accommodate 90,000 people.

他說，爲緩解這個避難所危機，聯合國難民署將第一批幾千名索馬里難民家庭轉移到新地點。這個地點計劃能容納九萬人。

“Tents and infrastructure are being put in place and will provide much needed shelter and services," he said. "We are currently seeing 1,500 people arriving on average every single day. Many have been settling spontaneously on the outskirts of Ifo, Dagahaley and Hagadera, the three component camps of the complex. As well as needing food and water, these new arrivals urgently need proper shelter, medical help and other basic aid.”

愛德華茲還說：“帳篷和基本建設已經完成了，他們將提供急需的避難和服務。我們目前每天平均有1500人到達。許多人自發性地安頓在伊福、達加哈萊、哈加拉德難民營的外圍地帶。這三個營地組成了達達阿布難民營。除了急需的糧食和水，這些新來的難民也很需要適當的避難、醫療協助和其他基本援助。”

Meanwhile, Edwards says the relocation of people into the new Ifo III Extension, which began July 25, is continuing. He says more than 15,000 refugees, so far, have been moved into the site.

愛德華茲同時說，從7月25號開始把人安置到伊福三號擴增營地的工作仍在持續進行。他說，目前爲止有超過1萬5千名難民遷到了這個地點。

In another bid to ease the overcrowding in Dadaab, Edwards says the UNHCR and its partners are working to expand an area, formerly known as Ifo II, to shelter the ever-increasing refugee arrivals.

在緩解過度擁擠的達達阿布難民營的努力上，愛德華茲說，聯合國難民署和夥伴機構正在擴建一個原來被稱爲伊福二號的區域，來容納還在增加的難民潮。The Ifo II camp is a sensitive matter between the UNHCR and Kenyan government. Construction began nearly two years ago, as an expansion of the Ifo camp at Dadaab. It was meant to decongest the overcrowding in the three existing camps.

伊福二號營地在聯合國和肯尼亞政府間是個敏感事務。營地在將近兩年前開始動工，它作爲達達阿布伊福營地的擴增營地，用意在解決三個現存營地過度擁擠的情況。

The camp has room for 40,000 people. It has brick houses, clean running water and even school buildings. But, it remains empty. The UNHCR has been urging the Kenyan government to open Ifo II for the past two years. But, the government has refused to allow refugees to live in permanent structures, citing security concerns.

這個營地有可供四萬人居住的房舍。有磚房、乾淨的自來水、甚至還有校舍。但它一直是空置的。聯合國難民署兩年來敦促肯尼亞政府開放伊福二號營地，但肯尼亞政府以安全理由拒絕讓難民住在永久性的建築。

While this issue remains unresolved, UNHCR spokesman Edwards says the Ifo II Extension is undergoing emergency work to increase its capacity.

雖然這個問題仍懸而未決，聯合國難民署愛德華茲說，伊福二號營地正在進行緊急修建以增加容量。

“If you just recall at the time that work stopped or that movement stopped on Ifo II early this year, the capacity was 40,000 people, we need to have space for significantly more," he said. "Tents are already being pitched in Ifo II and we expect the first families to move in soon, with priority given to the extremely vulnerable.”

愛德華茲說：“如果你回想今年早些時候停工或政府停止在伊福二號營地動工，當時的容量是四萬人，我們需要增蓋來安置更多的人。 有帳篷在伊福二號營地搭起了，我們預期第一批家庭很快就會搬入。這批家庭因爲極度脆弱而獲得優先權。”

Edwards says the UNHCR has moved thousands of tents to Dadaab over the current crisis, but it is still not enough for the growing refugee population. It says it urgently needs 45,000 more tents and is appealing to donors to respond more generously to its $145 million appeal.

愛德華茲說，聯合國難民署爲應對目前的危機已經搬了幾千個帳篷到達達阿布，但對新增的難民人口還是不夠。聯合國難民署說，它還需要四萬五千個帳篷，並呼籲捐款人更慷慨解囊，迴應它們1億4千5百萬美元的捐款需求。

More than 12 million people face hunger and starvation in the Horn of Africa. The UNHCR calls the drought, which is gripping Ethiopia, Kenya, Djibouti, and Somalia, the worst humanitarian crisis in the world. Somalia is particularly hard hit. The United Nations has officially declared several regions in south-central Somalia famine zones.

非洲之角有一千兩百多萬人面臨飢餓，聯合國難民署稱目前肆虐埃塞俄比亞、肯尼亞、吉布提、索馬里的旱災是世界上最嚴重的人道危機。索馬里受創尤其嚴重。聯合國正式宣佈了索馬里南部到中部幾個地區爲饑荒區。