中英對照讀新聞》Kenyans told to stop masquerading as refugees 肯亞人被要求不得冒充難民
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Kenyan police have demanded more than 400 locals stop pretending to be refugees to get food and aid handouts, a local official said.

肯亞警方已要求400多名當地人士停止冒充難民，以取得食物與救濟物資，一名當地官員說。


The east African country hosts more than 180,000 refugees, most of them from neighbouring Somalia, in three large camps near the Somali border in its drought-prone northeast.

這個東非國家目前收留超過18萬名難民，大多數來自鄰近的索馬利亞，目前住在旱災頻仍的索馬利亞東北部邊界附近的3座大型難民營。


Some local residents resent the presence of the refugees, who are entitled to envied handouts from the United Nations, and hundreds recently entered the camps claiming to be foreigners.

若干當地居民不滿這些有資格取得令人稱羨的聯合國發放物資的難民進駐當地，數百人最近進入這些難民營，自稱是外國人。


"It is an embarrassment. The government will not accept it," one local official who asked not to be named told Reuters. "We know some are desperate and need food, while a majority want to secure a chance to be relocated to either America or Europe."

「這是一件令人尷尬的事。政府不會接受，」一名匿名的當地官員告訴路透。「我們知道有人狀況艱難，亟需食物，而大多數人都想找機會到美洲或歐洲定居。」


He said 408 Kenyans who had "cheated" and were discovered last week during a U.N. screening exercise were told to leave.

他說，408名「騙人」而在上週聯合國身分審查中被抓包的肯亞人，已被通知離開。

新聞辭典

masquerade：原為名詞，指化妝舞會，在此作動詞，指偽裝、冒充或假扮。例句：She actually was a police officer masquerading as an underage girl.（她實際上是一名警官，假扮成未成年少女。）


be entitled to...：片語，有資格或權利做…。例句：The President is entitled to see the documents.（總統有權看這些文件。）


envy：動詞，羨慕、嫉妒。例句：I envy your fine room.（我羨慕你有漂亮的房間。）