《中英對照讀新聞》Over 10,000 migrant children missing： Europol 歐洲警政署：超過1萬名兒童移民失蹤

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Over 10,000 unaccompanied migrant children have disappeared in Europe, the EU police agency Europol said on Sunday, fearing many have been whisked away into sex trafficking rings or the slave trade.

超過1萬名無人伴行的兒童移民在歐洲失蹤，歐盟警察機關 「歐洲警政署」週日指出，當中許多兒童恐怕已迅速被帶入賣淫販運集團或奴隸交易業者。

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Europol’s press office confirmed to AFP the figures that were published in British newspaper The Observer, adding that the numbers were for the last 18-24 months.

Europol的新聞部門對法新社證實這個在英國報紙「觀察家報」上公布的數據，並補充，這是過去18個月至24個月的數字。

The agency’s chief of staff Brian Donald said the vulnerable children had disappeared from the system after registering with state authorities following their arrival in Europe.

該機構幕僚長唐納指出，這些弱勢兒童是從其抵歐，在各國當局登記後，從相關系統消失的。

"It’s not unreasonable to say that we’re looking at 10,000-plus children," Donald said, adding that 5,000 had disappeared in Italy alone.

「說我們正在追查1萬多名兒童，並不過分」，唐納表示，還說光是義大利就有5000人下落不明。

Donald said there is evidence of a "criminal infrastructure" established over the last 18 months to exploit the migrant flow.

唐納說，有證據顯示過去18個月有「犯罪基礎建設」被建立，以剝削移民潮。

The Observer reported that Europol found evidence of links between smuggling rings bringing people into the EU and human trafficking gangs exploiting migrants for sex and slavery.

觀察家報報導，Europol發現的證據顯示，將移民帶進歐洲的偷渡集團，與剝削移民賣淫及苦役的人口販運幫派有關。

Over one million migrants and refugees, many fleeing the conflict in Syria, crossed into Europe last year. Europol estimates that 27 percent of them are children.

去年有超過100萬移民與難民，其中許多人是為了逃離敘利亞衝突而湧入歐洲。Europol估計，當中27％是兒童。

新聞辭典

unaccompanied：形容詞，無陪伴的、無伴侶的、無伴奏的。例如：an unaccompanied song（無伴奏歌曲）。

trafficking：名詞，非法販運。例如：human trafficking（人口販運）。

exploit：動詞，開採、利用、剝削。例句：Many transnational chocolate companies are accused of exploiting child labors.（許多跨國巧克力公司被控剝削童工。）