‘I can no longer see a future in the UK’: new citizenship guidance shuts out refugees
-Ayman Alhussein made a life in Britain after fleeing Assad but new rules mean he can never become a citizen

“我在英國看不到未來”:新的公民身份指南將難民拒之門外
——艾曼·侯賽因逃離阿薩德后在英國生活,但新規(guī)定意味著他永遠(yuǎn)無法成為英國公民


(Cinematographer Ayman Alhussein, 31, is a Syrian refugee who will not be able to apply for UK citizenship due to new government rules.)

(31歲的電影攝影師艾曼·侯賽因是一名敘利亞難民,由于政府的新規(guī)定,他將無法申請英國公民身份。)
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On 9 February this year refugee cinematographer Ayman Alhussein was excitedly planning his future career and preparing to apply for British citizenship. On 10 February everything changed for him and tens of thousands of others.

今年2月9日,難民電影攝影師艾曼·侯賽因正興奮地計(jì)劃著他未來的職業(yè)生涯,準(zhǔn)備申請英國公民身份。2月10日,他和其他成千上萬人的一切都改變了。

On that day the government announced that refugees will “normally” be denied the right to apply for British citizenship even though they have been given permission to live and work in the UK.

當(dāng)天,英國政府宣布,難民“通常”將被剝奪申請英國公民身份的權(quán)利,即使他們已獲準(zhǔn)在英國生活和工作。

Ministers’ reasoning is that because refugees arrived here illegally due to making dangerous journeys to the UK, often on dinghies or in the backs of lorries, they do not meet the “good character” requirements for British citizenship. The Refugee Council estimates that at least 71,000 refugees will be adversely affected by this policy.

大臣們的理由是,由于難民們通過危險(xiǎn)的旅行來到英國,通常是乘坐小艇或卡車的后車廂,因此他們不符合英國公民身份的“良好品格”要求。難民理事會(huì)估計(jì),至少7.1萬名難民將受到這項(xiàng)政策的不利影響。

“Now people like me who have never committed a crime will be treated worse than criminals,” said Alhussein, 31. “The day before the announcement I was way more motivated than the day after. Before I could see a future. Now I can no longer see one. The aim of this policy is to deter refugees from coming here but many are still arriving. I arrived here nine years ago. How will it deter me?”

31歲的阿爾侯賽因說:“現(xiàn)在,像我這樣從未犯過罪的人會(huì)受到比罪犯更糟糕的待遇。宣布消息的前一天,我比接下來的一天要激情滿滿得多。在我看到一種未來之前?,F(xiàn)在我再也看不到了。這項(xiàng)政策的目的是阻止難民來到這里,但仍有許多人正在來到這里。我是九年前來到這里的。它怎么能阻止我呢?”
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On Monday a series of amendments to the border security, asylum and immigration bill will be debated in parliament. Stella Creasy, Labour MP for Walthamstow, has tabled an amendment that the good character requirement should not be applied contrary to the UK’s international legal obligations. This clause is one of the most controversial in the new bill and has been opposed by many charities, trades unxs, faith leaders, lawyers and human rights campaigners as well as by refugees themselves.

周一,議會(huì)將對邊境安全、庇護(hù)和移民法案的一系列修正案進(jìn)行辯論。沃爾瑟姆斯托的工黨議員斯特拉·克雷西提出了一項(xiàng)修正案,稱在違背英國國際法律義務(wù)的情況下,不應(yīng)適用品行良好的要求。這一條款是新法案中最具爭議的條款之一,遭到了許多慈善機(jī)構(gòu)、工會(huì)、宗教領(lǐng)袖、律師、人權(quán)活動(dòng)家以及難民本身的反對。

Alhussein, who fled Syria after being twice imprisoned for protesting against the Assad regime and narrowly avoided being killed by a bomb in his neighbourhood in a suburb of Aleppo, arrived in the UK in 2017 and was granted refugee status in 2019.

侯賽因曾因抗議阿薩德政權(quán)兩次入獄,并在阿勒頗郊區(qū)附近險(xiǎn)些被炸彈炸死,他于2017年抵達(dá)英國,并于2019年獲得難民身份。

He is supporting a high court challenge to the policy being brought by a Syrian refugee friend, who cannot be identified for legal reasons. His friend was part-way through his application for British citizenship when the new policy denying refugees citizenship was announced. The legal challenge argues that the new rules are unlawful and incompatible with the UN refugee convention.

他正在支持一名敘利亞難民朋友向高等法院提出的對該政策的挑戰(zhàn),由于法律原因,他的身份無法確定。當(dāng)拒絕難民公民身份的新政策宣布時(shí),他的朋友正在申請英國公民身份。法律上的挑戰(zhàn)認(rèn)為,新規(guī)定是非法的,與聯(lián)合國難民公約不相容。

Alhussein said he has worked hard to integrate into and contribute to British society. He speaks excellent English with an almost perfect English accent. “I have worked hard on my English. My English is better than my Arabic now!”

侯賽因說,他一直努力融入英國社會(huì)并為之做出貢獻(xiàn)。他說一口流利的英語,帶著近乎完美的英國口音。“我努力學(xué)習(xí)英語?,F(xiàn)在我的英語比阿拉伯語還好!”

At the start of the pandemic when lockdown was introduced he bought himself a cheap old car so that he could deliver food and medicine to elderly and vulnerable people who could not leave home.

在疫情開始實(shí)施封鎖時(shí),他給自己買了一輛便宜的舊車,這樣他就可以給無法離開家的老年人和弱勢群體送去食物和藥品。

“I love to celebrate Christmas as well as Eid. I was looking forward to applying for my British citizenship in September of this year, getting a British passport and voting for the first time. But now I won’t be able to do those things. Refugees work hard, we pay our taxes but we are now expected to be treated like second class human beings forever and to always live with uncertainty.”

“我喜歡慶祝圣誕節(jié)和開齋節(jié)。我期待著今年9月申請英國國籍,拿到英國護(hù)照,第一次投票。但現(xiàn)在我不能做那些事了。難民們努力工作,我們納稅,但我們現(xiàn)在被視為二等人,永遠(yuǎn)生活在不確定之中。”
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He has worked on several films including the Syrian film The Swimmers and has a short film in development with the BBC. “I have always found British people to be friendly. I worked on the British film The Great Escaper with Michael Caine as a trainee in the camera department and had a chat with him about refugee issues. He was a very decent man and he was very positive about refugees.”

他參與了包括敘利亞電影《游泳者》在內(nèi)的多部電影的拍攝,并與BBC合作制作了一部短片。“我一直覺得英國人很友好。我曾在英國電影《大逃亡者》中與邁克爾·凱恩一起擔(dān)任攝影部門的實(shí)習(xí)生,并與他就難民問題進(jìn)行了交談。他是一個(gè)非常正派的人,他對難民的態(tài)度非常積極。”

Jed Pennington, head of public law and human rights at Wilsons solicitors, which is bringing the high court challenge against the denial of citizenship policy said: “Refugees and others who have made their homes in this country simply ask for the issue of their good character to be considered obxtively according to the evidence presented. For many people, irregular arrival will have been to flee war or persecution and their unlawful entry will have occurred many years ago. There is no evidence it will deter people from making perilous journeys to seek sanctuary and its purpose is therefore hard to understand.”

威爾遜律師事務(wù)所的公法和人權(quán)主管杰德·彭寧頓正在向高等法院提出挑戰(zhàn),反對拒絕公民身份的政策。他說:“難民和其他在這個(gè)國家安家的人只是要求根據(jù)所提供的證據(jù),客觀地考慮他們的良好品格。對許多人來說,非法入境是為了逃離戰(zhàn)爭或迫害,而他們的非法入境是在許多年前發(fā)生的。沒有證據(jù)表明該政策會(huì)阻止人們冒險(xiǎn)前往尋求庇護(hù),因此它的目的很難理解?!?br />