VOA慢速英语:美国方面表示：泰国在打击人口贩卖方面做得很失败

US: Thailand Fails to Fight Human Trafficking

美国称，泰国未能成功打击贩卖人口活动

The 2014 Trafficking in Persons Report placed Thailand in a group known as Tier Three. That is the lowest rating among 23 countries that U.S. officials say are not doing enough to stop modern slavery.

《2014年度人口贩运问题报告》将泰国归在第三组中，这是在23个国家中是排名最低的，美国官员称这一组成员在阻止现代奴隶制中做得太少。

The report tells about the tens of thousands of migrants to Thailand. Many of these people are forced to work in Thailand’s fishing industry or the sex trade. The Tier Three listing opens up Thailand and others to possible American sanctions.

该报告称有成千上万的人移民到泰国。他们中有很多人是被迫在泰国的水产工厂工作或是被迫从事性交易。第三组中的泰国和其他国家可能会受到美国的制裁。

The State Department studied 188 countries, including the United States. The report is aimed at forcing governments to take steps to help the estimated 20million victims of modern slavery.

美国国务院考察了包括美国在内的188个国家。该报告目的在于迫使各国政府采取行动来帮助这些受现代奴隶制迫害的大约2000万的受害者。

US Secretary of State John Kerry speaks during the release of the 2014 Trafficking in Persons Report.

Secretary of State John Kerry spoke to reporters in Washington last Friday. He called human trafficking one of the greatest threats to human dignity and freedom.

上周五美国国务卿克里在华盛顿对记者说，他认为人口贩卖是对人的尊严和自由的最大威胁之一。

“It is a call to action to governments and citizens around the world to uncover modern slavery and hold it accountable, to identify the victims, to bring their abusers to justice. There cannot be impunity for those who traffic human beings. It must end.”

“这是对各国政府和全世界人民的号召，希望大家一起来揭露现代奴隶制的丑恶面，我们有责任帮助受害者，使那些迫害他们的人绳之以法。我们必须惩罚那些贩卖人口的人，必须结束这种贩卖人口行为。”

U.S. officials noted some hopeful news in the report this year. The State Department named 10 heroes in the effort to stop trafficking. They include Beatrice Jedy-Agba of Nigeria. She is the head of Nigeria’s National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking. Officials praised her efforts to help trafficking victims rejoin Nigerian society. They also praised her work with other nations to deal with trafficking in Africa.

在报道中，美国官员还着重提到一些鼓舞人心的新闻。美国国务院提名了在阻止人口贩卖中贡献较大的10名英雄。其中包括尼日利亚的Beatrice Jedy-Agba，她是尼日利亚禁止人口贩卖国家机构的主管。美国官员表扬了她帮助那些被贩卖的受害者重返尼日利亚社会的行为，并称赞她与其他国家一起努力解决非洲的人口贩卖问题。

“I made a connection with those victims that I met, and I thought I’m going to help them through this and I’m going to make sure nobody else has to go through this ever again.”

“通过与那些我遇到的受害者进行接触之后，我就开始想要去帮助这些人，并且我要努力确保以后不会再有人受到这样的伤害。”

Secretary of State Kerry said he hopes more people and governments will answer his “call to action” – to fight what he calls the scourge of modern slavery. I’m Caty Weaver.

美国国务卿克里称，他希望越来越多的人和国家政府可以响应他的“行动号召”，一起与现代奴隶制度的蹂躏作斗争。