德國開始收緊爲移民提供的福利
Germany’s governing coalition moved on Monday to tighten benefits for migrants as Angela Merkel, chancellor, displayed a sharper tone towards those drawn to the country for economic reasons.
週一，德國的執政聯盟採取行動，收緊了爲移民提供的福利，德國總理安格拉默克爾(Angela Merkel)也針對那些出於經濟原因來到德國的移民發出了更嚴厲的聲音。
Ms Merkel has been lauded around the world for Germans’ welcoming embrace to migrants. More than 22,000 people entered Germany by train at the weekend after Vienna and Berlin announced an agreement to allow refugees to continue their journey from Hungary.
由於德國對移民採取了歡迎的立場，默克爾受到世界各國的稱讚。上週末，在奧地利政府和德國政府宣佈達成一份協議、允許難民從匈牙利繼續西進後，有逾2.2萬人乘火車進入了德國。
However, Ms Merkel suggested that there were limits to such generosity after facing criticism from her conservative allies the Christian Social Union over the decision to admit the refugees. “We will protect those who should be protected but those with no prospect of staying must leave our country,” she said on Monday.
然而，在接納難民的決定遭到保守派盟友“基督教社會聯盟”(CSU)批評後，默克爾表示，這種慷慨是有限度的。“我們將保護那些應該受到保護的人，但那些沒有希望留下的人必須離開我們的國家，”她在週一表示。
About a fifth of asylum seekers to Germany in the first half of the year were from war-torn Syria, giving them a strong claim to refugee status. But about 39 per cent were from the western Balkans and primarily seeking better economic opportunities, giving them little chance of qualifying for asylum.
今年上半年到德國尋求避難的人當中，約五分之一來自飽受戰爭蹂躪的敘利亞，這些人有充分的理由獲得難民身份。但也有約39%的人來自西巴爾幹國家，他們主要是爲了尋覓更好的經濟機會，因此獲得難民身份的機會很渺茫。
Berlin is seeking to reduce “pull factors”, particularly for economic migrants, with measures that include replacing cash benefits for asylum seekers in initial reception centres with benefits in kind.
柏林方面試圖降低德國的“吸引力”，尤其是對經濟移民而言，措施包括在最初的接待中心以實物福利來取代發放給尋求避難者的現金福利。
Ms Merkel also announced that social benefits for people likely to be deported would be reduced. These include items such as food, clothing and accommodation.
默克爾還宣佈，將削減提供給那些可能被驅逐出境的人的社會福利。這些福利包括食物、衣服、住宿等。
Kosovo, Albania and Montenegro will be added to Germany’s list of “safe” countries of origin, enabling quicker deportation of illegal migrants from those countries.
科索沃、阿爾巴尼亞和黑山將加入德國的“安全”來源國清單，來自這些國家的非法移民將被更快地驅逐出境。
