2 X M7 g! W. m9 z" W1 o. t' c難民不斷湧入歐洲各國,各地都出現了反難民的情緒。不過冰島民眾卻對敘利亞難民伸出援手,要求政府接收更多的難民,甚至開放自己的家園接待難民。公仔箱論壇4 p% Z4 |) _ o# y4 B
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冰島只有大約30萬人口,全國只能接收50名難民。不過當地一名作家兼教授Bryndis Bjorgvinsdottir,日前在Facebook上發出公開信,要求政府接受更多來自敘利亞的難民,瞬間已獲得過萬人響應。Bjorgvinsdottir接受當地電視台訪問,認為國民對難民的態度漸漸改變,「我認為人們已受夠了看到有人在地中海和難民營死亡的新聞,他們現在想為此做點事」。公仔箱論壇1 m c4 l; a7 D% p9 v
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不少冰島的網民亦表示,願意為難民提供協助,甚至助他們融入社會,「我有衣服、廚具、床、房間,很樂意和敘利亞人一同分享」、「我希望成為志願者,歡迎他們,並協助他們適應冰島的社會」。有網民就表示自己是一名教師,除了願意為難民提供住宿之外,更可以為小孩子提供教育。公仔箱論壇 Z z% l: ?2 L4 ?
: s- z. m N- Y0 N+ j( y4 n$ @2 jTVBNOW 含有熱門話題,最新最快電視,軟體,遊戲,電影,動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。冰島總理甘勞格森(Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson)表明,留意到民眾的訴求,將會在內閣會議上討論接受難民的問題,評估可以如何在此方面做得更多,「在國際政治議題上,我們一直希望最多的領域上提供協助,而這(難民)問題正是現時最須協助的範疇」。" w, I9 ~2 U% | G# f; ?7 V( X
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根據歐盟難民庇護法案《都柏林公約》訂明,難民第一個落腳的國家將有責任處理其庇護申請。因此希望北上赴德國等地尋求庇護的難民,就要在沿途經過的國家避開警方的截查。BBC記者就追訪了一名由敘利亞難民,花了足足兩星期逃到瑞典,並記錄了她路上的危險及困難。8 c8 W6 v5 C, |2 X6 d
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No asylum application from Syrian boy's father, say feds公仔箱論壇/ D( X/ t( s( e" H5 H5 U" y2 w7 d
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5 x( h3 A- e7 A; e! X8 x Z5.39.217.76 Like countless others around the world, Tima Kurdi and Rocco Logozzo had seen the horrifying image -- that of a little boy, his body limp and lifeless, face down on a Turkish beach. Their hearts sank. . X. I0 N! f x* C公仔箱論壇 O Z% O2 U- {9 X) b d( J* {% zTVBNOW 含有熱門話題,最新最快電視,軟體,遊戲,電影,動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。 The phone in the couple's Coquitlam, B.C., home rang hours later to deliver the grim news: Kurdi's sister-in-law and her two little boys were dead, drowning as they tried to reach Europe after paying smugglers with the money Kurdi had personally sent to the family from Canada. 1 s/ F* e( i2 @+ t8 E9 v公仔箱論壇% l8 _; }8 t5 `- z) y
The dead boy on the beach was her three-year-old nephew, Alan. The harrowing photo has since become a heartbreaking symbol of the plight of Syrian refugees. 7 X2 V+ }, z: p+ \4 E8 @tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb公仔箱論壇' F/ v5 q* v, l# {
Kurdi, who came from Syria to Canada more than two decades ago, says she'd hoped to bring her brothers and their families here to escape the horrors of a vicious regime.TVBNOW 含有熱門話題,最新最快電視,軟體,遊戲,電影,動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。# L/ e8 F7 ~7 Y4 L0 i
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"The love of my life is gone and nobody in the world can bring them back," Tima told The Canadian Press, sobbing into her hands as she sat on her living-room couch on Thursday. "My heart is bleeding right now."5.39.217.769 m6 ^2 L \$ s" a, b
The boys' father, Abdullah Kurdi, described the journey to The Associated Press.TVBNOW 含有熱門話題,最新最快電視,軟體,遊戲,電影,動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。6 g$ F; r C, v8 `9 x
He said the family piled into an overloaded boat in Bodrum, Turkey headed for the Greek island of Kos. 8 u( T% R1 \$ h4 V% e5.39.217.76tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb1 k) ]" d- f8 L, C1 O s, W
The boat's captain panicked due to high waves and jumped into the sea, Abdullah Kurdi said, leaving him in control of the small craft with his family and other migrants aboard. x, {; X, W- O' d) u" {1 v6 k公仔箱論壇' ~ ]- V9 l7 r6 r+ x& `2 P& Z& B' T
"I took over and started steering. The waves were so high and the boat flipped. I took my wife and my kids in my arms and I realized they were all dead," he said. "All I want is to be with my children at the moment." " w' N$ Q0 B- N8 R% T& X. Jtvb now,tvbnow,bttvb 8 a, Q" l( d. B, l9 A. R" M% i The small boat was overloaded with 12 migrants and the Turkish captain, he added. It was only at sea for four minutes when the captain abandoned the craft, Kurdi said. " h0 p t0 y3 z" A0 F 1 `$ b0 t, U. N4 E% H& WTVBNOW 含有熱門話題,最新最快電視,軟體,遊戲,電影,動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。 "My kids were the most beautiful children in the world, wonderful, they wake me up every morning to play with them. They are all gone now," he said.5.39.217.760 E1 ^4 _: x* g2 a* j7 v2 w& a* s) R9 `
In Canada, his sister, Tima, burst into tears with her family and friends by her side as she scrolled through photographs of her nephews. ) S+ q8 m/ X. H# X$ F' ~$ Gtvb now,tvbnow,bttvb "I want to give my brother Abdullah's message to the world," said Tima. "He said, 'It has to be my kids so the world will wake up."' - F6 r! ~& O9 n5 h- j5.39.217.76 Abdullah is en route back to Syria to bury his wife and two children in the same city they attempted to escape, she added. $ @3 |8 C# K# Itvb now,tvbnow,bttvb5.39.217.768 C9 u( d0 ~# [9 Q! @' r
"He doesn't care," she said. "He said, 'I have three coffins with me so if something happens to me they can bury me beside them and then we'll be four."'tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb w) i. _% \4 ?9 u& t4 T' \3 y4 J
The family's agonizing ordeal dominated Canada's election campaign on Thursday, especially when Rocco Logozzo, Kurdi's husband, told The Canadian Press that the family had put in a private sponsorship request for the boys and their parents but was turned down in June.公仔箱論壇) W+ [9 M- S' p, }2 A
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He assailed Canada's refugee system as ineffectual, adding his family had money and plenty of room to house the Kurdi boys and their parents in Coquitlam, B.C.$ G& g0 C, q2 C
Within hours, however, Citizenship and Immigration Canada said it received no refugee application from the father of the two drowned boys. 5 F! |* u0 m" }3 u; {% m5.39.217.76 It did, however, receive an application for Abdullah Kurdi's brother, Mohammed, but said it was incomplete and did not meet regulatory requirements for proof of refugee status recognition.公仔箱論壇$ N6 u- D1 T/ K6 F: e7 q% x/ R0 \3 |
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Tima Kurdi confirmed later in the day that her family had only made an official request for Mohammed Kurdi, explaining she and her husband could only afford to sponsor one brother. They planned to apply for Mohammed first and subsequently bring Abdullah and his family to Canada. ( Z: _* j5 X5 D8 ^6 O; }TVBNOW 含有熱門話題,最新最快電視,軟體,遊戲,電影,動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。公仔箱論壇- e& {8 |5 E/ z! Q7 H" |; a1 z
Her distraught recounting of her attempts to bring her family members to Canada underscored the desperation and difficulties that confront would-be refugee claimants and their families./ k# E& g; c; W! Y6 ]0 p5 k
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She said it was impossible to secure all the necessary documents for her brother, Mohammed, given the dire situation in Syria.公仔箱論壇. Z6 h' i& _1 s$ Q1 {2 Q* o* k9 m
"How would you feel when people are running from the border and the Turkish border guards are shooting in the air? What would you do?" she said.5.39.217.768 ~) V( V" c6 k
Because she suspected an application for Abdullah would have been rejected on similar grounds, Tima said she decided to send money to bring the family across the Mediterranean by boat.公仔箱論壇2 O+ x1 S( [9 E6 c9 V9 i
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"I'm not asking the government to spend money on them," said Kurdi. "I sent him the money to cross the water." 6 A+ L% i) m% ?# o" y% m5.39.217.76 She added a B.C. politician personally delivered a letter to Chris Alexander, the citizenship and immigration minister, asking for help. 7 t) y. _- E5 B! y5.39.217.76 The NDP candidate, Fin Donnelly, said the letter to Alexander reflected the family's attempts to bring both Abdullah and Mohammed Kurdi's families to Canada. He said he delivered the letter to Alexander in March, but denied telling media organizations that the federal government had turned down the family's sponsorship request. 3 C1 {9 [' c$ \+ F5.39.217.76 1 v( G# r! i% I7 f* {TVBNOW 含有熱門話題,最新最快電視,軟體,遊戲,電影,動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。 Logozzo, meantime, said the Kurdis were desperate. & `2 N" c) W! s8 B公仔箱論壇 6 Z e% ]# V9 K: _" Z+ r$ A公仔箱論壇 "When they heard (the refugee application) failed, they lost all hope, and in a desperate situation, you make all these wrong decisions," Logozzo said as he explained why his relatives opted to get on the boat to try to get to Europe., G$ i9 z- l8 i' C
The Kurdi boys and their mother were among at least 12 migrants, including five children, who drowned Wednesday when two boats carrying them to the Greek island of Kos capsized.公仔箱論壇, m, |2 z' j9 h& E4 z
, Y: e2 R2 Y, R5 vtvb now,tvbnow,bttvb Alexander, who suspended his campaign to return to Ottawa to deal with the crisis, said he was "deeply saddened" by the image of the drowned boy.' a# P, ~0 ]% [1 @2 y9 R6 f5 J0 p
He added Prime Minister Stephen Harper has set a target for Canada to accept 23,000 Iraqis refugees and 11,300 Syrians. 4 m9 z& s9 Y7 L" c) h) b5.39.217.76 "Of that number Canada has already resettled nearly 22,000 Iraqis and 2,300 Syrians," Alexander said.6 [2 W9 y3 ]6 Z. R" B
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When asked about Kurdi's letter, Alexander said that he passed it on to his department, where it was "treated expeditiously, and in the same way that any other correspondence and application would be treated." + ^# U: N5 K: x7 u& P# v; R公仔箱論壇TVBNOW 含有熱門話題,最新最快電視,軟體,遊戲,電影,動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。 N: v4 j* ]8 } h6 [
"Let's be clear, the application was for Mohammed Kurdi and his family...it was not rejected or turned down, it was returned to the applicant with a request for additional documentation."9 Q2 o# M" B. E2 U
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Harper, for his part, was emotional in Surrey, B.C., when he recalled seeing the photo of Alan Kurdi's lifeless body on a sunny seashore.公仔箱論壇$ t, e4 Z9 O# Z; W( v
"The first thing that crossed our mind was remembering our own son Ben at that age running around," Harper said, his voice breaking. "It brings tears to your eye."5.39.217.76; t0 U: t) }: c& [" k! [
About 250,000 people have been killed and more than one million wounded in Syria since March 2011, according to UN officials. More than half the country's population has been displaced, including more than four million who have fled Syria.- `$ Q+ E v& Q
/ H; I# p/ m1 b& n! ^8 R. r/ p8 u The route between the Turkish community of Bodrum and Kos -- just a few kilometres -- is one of the shortest from Turkey to the Greek islands, but remains dangerous. Hundreds of migrants a day attempt the perilous sea crossing despite the risks. 2 f. |, f5 v" H. e8 K7 d N A UN panel reported Thursday that more than 2,000 Syrians have drowned in the Mediterranean while trying to reach Europe since 2011 and said there's no end in sight to Syria's civil war.0 a4 Q" M5 x/ i; P, M
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5 v% z% {. q' z. q4 N + i& E3 A4 l0 R0 P1 w. B. yTVBNOW 含有熱門話題,最新最快電視,軟體,遊戲,電影,動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。3歲難民Alan Kurdi伏屍沙灘的相片震撼全世界,亦令歐洲各國不能再忽視迫在眉睫的難民問題。多國領袖都有回應事件,而歐盟委員會將提出建議,強制各國分擔難民責任。tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb2 P( c+ J( R" z* a0 ?* s p