Fourteen go on trial over deadliest Channel small boats disaster
0 / 25
English
中文
Life jackets and other belongings seen on the shore of a beach in northern France from where crossings set off Fourteen suspected people smugglers have gone on trial in Paris for their role in the worst ever small boats disaster in the English Channel.
法国北部海滩岸边的救生衣和其他物品是从过境点出发的 十四名人口走私嫌疑犯因在英吉利海峡有史以来最严重的小船灾难中所扮演的角色而在巴黎接受审判。
In November 2021, at least 30 men, women and children drowned when their motorised dinghy deflated and started taking on water halfway between France and the UK.
2021 年 11 月，在法国和英国之间的途中，至少 30 名男性、女性和儿童的机动小艇泄气并开始进水，导致至少 30 名男性、女性和儿童溺水身亡。
The 14 defendants – mainly Afghan nationals – are accused of manslaughter and facilitating illegal immigration as part of an organised criminal group.
14 名被告——主要是阿富汗国民——被指控犯有过失杀人罪和作为有组织犯罪集团的一部分为非法移民提供便利。
Most of them deny the charges.
他们中的大多数人否认这些指控。
Two of the 14, who are alleged to be leaders of the operation, remain on the run and are being tried in absentia. The boat left the French coast on the evening of 23 November 2021, but ran into difficulty in the middle of the Channel.
14 人中，有两人据称是该行动的领导人，目前仍在逃，正在缺席审判。 该船于2021年11月23日晚离开法国海岸，但在英吉利海峡中部遇到了困难。
One by one the occupants entered the water to try to lessen the weight, but succumbed to the cold and drowned.
乘客们纷纷下水试图减轻重量，但最终还是冻死了。
Only two men survived. According to the charge sheet, the defendants helped to launch "a small boat of poor quality, unfit to navigate at sea, overloaded and equipped with inadequate life-jackets".
只有两名男子幸存。 根据指控单，被告帮助下水“一艘质量低劣、不适合海上航行、超载且配备不足的救生衣的小船”。
Twenty-seven bodies were found after the boat sank, and another four were confirmed missing.
船沉没后发现了二十七具尸体，另有四具确认失踪。
Many of the people who died were Iraqi Kurds, but others came from Somalia, Ethiopia, Egypt and Afghanistan.
许多死者是伊拉克库尔德人，但也有其他人来自索马里、埃塞俄比亚、埃及和阿富汗。
The youngest named victim was seven years old. Some of the victims (from left): Mohammed Hussein Mohammedie, Mhabad Ahmad Ali, Bilind Shakir Baker, Shakar Ali Pirot, Bryar Hamad Abdulrahman, and Hasti Rizghar Hussein Some family members travelled to Paris for the start of the trial, which is expected to last three weeks.
最小的受害者只有七岁。 部分受害者（左起）：穆罕默德·侯赛因·穆罕默德、马巴德·艾哈迈德·阿里、比林德·沙基尔·贝克、沙卡尔·阿里·皮罗特、布赖尔·哈马德·阿卜杜拉赫曼和哈斯蒂·里兹加尔·侯赛因 一些家庭成员前往巴黎参加审判，预计将持续三周。
"Once again [the smugglers displayed] total cynicism.
“[走私者再次表现出]彻底的愤世嫉俗。
Migrants are not sailors," said Emmanuel Daoud, a lawyer representing many of the families.
移民不是水手，”代表许多家庭的律师伊曼纽尔·达乌德 (Emmanuel Daoud) 说。
"The smugglers know perfectly well what they are doing. They take the deliberate, conscious risk of sending migrants to their deaths."
“走私者非常清楚他们在做什么。 他们故意、有意识地冒着送移民送死的风险。”
The defendants are accused of helping to organise the ill-fated journey by lodging and transporting the migrants, supplying the boat they left in, and handling the money they paid. But many of them insist that they were themselves migrants and that if they were involved it was only under instructions from the real organisers.
被告被指控通过为移民提供住宿和交通、为他们留在船上的补给以及处理他们支付的钱来帮助组织这次不幸的旅程。 但他们中的许多人坚持认为，他们自己就是移民，如果他们参与其中，那也是在真正组织者的指示下进行的。
Some of the relatives of the victims were pictured arriving at court on Tuesday The disaster led to enquiries on both sides of the Channel, with questions asked about the failure of British and French boats to rescue the people who died despite repeated calls from the floundering dinghy.
一些受害者的亲属被拍到周二抵达法庭 这场灾难引发了英吉利海峡两岸的调查，有人询问英国和法国的船只为何未能营救遇难者，尽管这艘陷入困境的小艇多次发出呼叫。
In France, seven military personnel – staff at a maritime rescue centre and on board a navy boat - are under judicial investigation on a possible charge of failing to assist persons in danger.
在法国，七名军事人员——海上救援中心的工作人员和海军舰艇上的工作人员——正在接受司法调查，罪名可能是未能帮助处于危险中的人。
A judge will decide whether they should stand trial.
法官将决定他们是否应该接受审判。
A UK inquiry found that HM Coastguard in Dover had limited capacity due to chronic staff shortages, while a surveillance aircraft was not launched due to poor weather conditions.
英国的一项调查发现，由于长期人员短缺，多佛皇家海岸警卫队的能力有限，而由于天气条件恶劣，侦察机没有起飞。
It also found that there was a widely held belief that migrants calling from small boats exaggerated the distress, meaning the coastguard underestimated the emergency.
调查还发现，人们普遍认为，从小船上打电话来的移民夸大了遇险情况，这意味着海岸警卫队低估了紧急情况。
At least 30 deaths in small boat crossing avoidable, inquiry finds
调查发现至少 30 人在小船过境中死亡是可以避免的
仅供学习使用，如有侵权请联系删除 · 查看原文