时间:2019-01-13 作者:英语课 分类:VOA标准英语2010年(一月)


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Governments in France and Spain have recently announced drops in the numbers of illegal immigrants coming to their shores, partly due to tougher policies, but also because of the global economic downturn. 


Spain's government says the numbers of would-be immigrants from Africa fell almost half, from 13,000 in 2008 to just more than 7,000 last year.  The numbers of illegal immigrants arriving in France has also dropped, with Immigration Minister Eric Besson attributing the slowdown to the economic crisis 2 and tougher immigration policies.


Immigration specialist Georges Lemaitre, of the Paris-based Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, is not surprised by these reports.


"The first thing that affects migration 1 is the fact employers do not want as many workers," he said.  "They are not looking to hire as many immigrants.  So this is the first thing that reduces the level of migration.  The second is the fact immigrants themselves do not see many opportunities.  So they themselves tend to come less often."


Lemaitre says this trend is reflected elsewhere in Europe and in richer nations as a whole.  And it concerns legal and illegal immigrants.


"Two very significant labor 3 migration countries, Ireland and the United Kingdom, they have seen very significant drops in labor migration," he added.


Lemaitre says Sweden is one of the few countries bucking 4 the trend.  Sweden has opened immigration channels since the economic crisis and the numbers of immigrants have jumped 30 percent.


But he says even as France cracks down on family migration and sends illegal immigrants back home, it is making it easier for highly-skilled immigrants to come in.


And as Europe's labor force ages and fewer Europeans are born, Lemaitre predicts governments will be pressured into opening their doors to more immigrants.


"I think there are going to be hard choices governments are going to have to face, either to open up in areas where they actually need workers, and some do involve some lesser-skilled occupations, or probably have to face some strong pressures with respect to irregular migrations," he explained.


Those pressures are likely to grow as European economies recover and start to grow after the crisis.


 



n.迁移,移居,(鸟类等的)迁徙
  • Swallows begin their migration south in autumn.燕子在秋季开始向南方迁移。
  • He described the vernal migration of birds in detail.他详细地描述了鸟的春季移居。
n.危机,危急关头,决定性时刻,关键阶段
  • He had proved that he could be relied on in a crisis.他已表明,在紧要关头他是可以信赖的。
  • The topic today centers about the crisis in the Middle East.今天课题的中心是中东危机。
n.劳动,努力,工作,劳工;分娩;vi.劳动,努力,苦干;vt.详细分析;麻烦
  • We are never late in satisfying him for his labor.我们从不延误付给他劳动报酬。
  • He was completely spent after two weeks of hard labor.艰苦劳动两周后,他已经疲惫不堪了。
v.(马等)猛然弓背跃起( buck的现在分词 );抵制;猛然震荡;马等尥起后蹄跳跃
  • a bucking bronco in the rodeo 牛仔竞技表演中一匹弓背跳跃的野马
  • That means we'll be bucking grain bags, bustin's gut. 那就是说咱们要背这一袋袋的谷子,得把五脏都累坏。 来自辞典例句
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