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　　Not Many Syrian Refugees Welcomed in Russia

　　Tens of thousands of refugees from Syria continueto flee unrest by traveling to Europe andneighboring countries.

　　But many do not seek refuge in Russia, despitelongtime political and economic relations between thetwo countries.

　　According to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, or UNHCR, there were238,836 refugees and asylum seekers in Russia as of January. Only 2,340 were from Syria.And that number has dropped to about 1,600.

　　Turkey has taken in over 2 million Syrians. Germany is expected to have as many as 1.5 millionrefugees by the end of this year. Most of those refugees are from Syria, Afghanistan and Iraq.

　　Bayisa Wak-Woya is the UNHCR representative for Russia. He said, "Unlike in the West, wherepeople have a tradition of dealing with asylum-seekers and refugees for the last six, sevendecades, here it's a fairly new phenomenon." And many in Russia view refugees as foreignersand migrants.

　　Another reason is the great distance from Syria to Russia. The distance between Moscow andDamascus is about 2,500 km. That means most Syrian asylum-seekers have to come byplane, not by boat, bus, and train like those arriving in Europe.

　　A UNHCR spokesman says Russia's airstrikes could increase the number of Syrian refugees toneighboring countries like Turkey. But he adds that a jump in the number of asylum seekersarriving in Russia is unlikely.

　　Russia has granted refugee status for 790 people as of January. Most are from Afghanistanand Ukraine. Only two persons are from Syria.

　　Elena Burtina is with the refugee aid group Civic Assistance Committee in Moscow. She notesthat the much smaller Republic of Malta has given refugee status to more people than Russia.

　　"Russia ratified the convention on refugees," she said. "It's taken on the responsibility toaccept them. Of course it should do more. They shouldn't have signed if they didn't wantrefugees. They weren't forced to do it."

　　1.unrest 不安;动荡;动乱

　　They provided much-needed breathing space for acountry hit by civil war and unrest.

　　他们为这个饱受内战和动乱之苦的国家提供了一个极需休养生息的空间。

　　2.Afghanistan 阿富汗

　　Iran has so far deployed over 200,000 troops along its border with Afghanistan.

　　伊朗目前在阿富汗边界结集了二十多万军队。

　　3.phenomenon 现象;奇迹

　　Bankruptcy is a common phenomenon in an economic recession.

　　在经济衰退时破产是常见的现象。

　　4.ratified 批准;认可

　　Over ninety countries ratified an agreement to ban the use of these chemicals.

　　九十多个国家批准了一项禁止使用这些化学品的协议。

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