メモ-Trump executive order leaves Malala ‘heartbroken’
Malala Yousafzai, the youngest recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize, on Friday condemned President Trump’s executive order establishing new vetting measures for immigrants.
テロリストを排除したい。
入国させたくない。
それは、みんなそう思っている。
思っているけれど。。。こどもたち、傷ついている人達を援助する方法はないのだろうか。
きれい事を言うのは簡単だ。。。と言われそうなのも、わかっているけれど。
避難民の母親の心中を想うと。。涙がこぼれる。
彼女と私の生まれる場所が入れ替わっていたら。。
次男がこの子だったら。。。
それでも、私が思うことは、たわごとだ。
「安全な場所に居て、何を言うか！！」という言葉が聞こえる。
私達三人は、安全な場所にいたから生きてこられた。
政情が安定している国内に生活しているから、障害がある次男も生きることができた。
教育を受けることができた。
ありがたいと感謝している。
“I am heartbroken that today President Trump is closing the door on children, mothers and fathers fleeing violence and war,” Yousafzai said. “I am heartbroken that America is turning its back on a proud history of welcoming refugees and immigrants — the people who helped build your country, ready to work hard in exchange for a fair chance at a new life.”
Yousafzai, 19, issued the statement at about the same time that Trump announced his latest executive orders, including one that reportedly will suspend the U.S. refugee program for 120 days. The text of the order was not immediately available.
According to CNN, drafts of the order also bar “all persons from Iraq, Syria, Iran, Sudan, Libya, Somalia or Yemen from entering the United States for 30 days.”
Yousafzai specifically addressed some of those countries in her statement. The young Pakistani activist, who now lives in Britain, gained international attention in 2012 when the Taliban shot her in the head for embracing education for girls. She has since campaigned for education rights across the globe and won the Nobel Prize in 2014.
“I am heartbroken that Syrian refugee children, who have suffered through six years of war by no fault of their own, are singled out for discrimination,” Yousafzai said. “I am heartbroken for girls like my friend Zaynab, who fled wars in three countries — Somalia, Yemen and Egypt — before she was even 17. Two years ago she received a visa to come to the United States. She learned English, graduated high school and is now in college studying to be a human rights lawyer.”
She ended her statement: “In this time of uncertainty and unrest around the world, I ask President Trump not to turn his back on the world’s most defenseless children and families.”
トランプ氏は２７日、テロリストの流入を阻止するための大統領令に署名。難民は１２０日間受け入れを凍結し、シリアからは無期限で停止。イエメン、イラク、イラン、シリア、スーダン、ソマリア、リビアの一般市民の入国を、９０日間禁止するとしている。（共同）
