David Miliband: The refugee crisis is a test of our character
大衛.米利班德: 難民危機是對人格的考驗
As president of the International Rescue Committee, David Miliband enlists his expert statesmanship in the fight against the greatest global refugee crisis since World War II. Full bio
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about the global refugee crisis
而非無計可施。
as much about us and who we are
以及我們是誰。
on the front line.
just a professional obligation,
and displaced people around the world.
並安置在世界各處的難民。
1940 年在倫敦拍的。
the wheel has come full circle.
that 70 years ago said never again
不會再無家可歸的國家。
for the victims of war.
from their homes
被迫離開家鄉:
in northeast Nigeria by Boko Haram.
「博科聖地」將女孩逐出學校。
moving to another country
can't come to speak to you here today.
今天無法在這和你們對話。
in the Mediterranean in 2015.
地中海的敘利亞難民,
trying to get to Europe.
試圖逃到歐洲。
for millions of others.
for people like Frederick.
這樣的人來說還不算晚。
refugee camp in Tanzania.
尼亞魯古蘇難民營認識他。
where could he complete his studies.
He wanted a 12th year.
也想繼續讀下去。
that my days do not end here
我不想死在這裡,
outside Damascus.
herself in Lebanon.
Rescue Committee to help other refugees,
幫忙其他難民,
關於哈魯德,
and what our responsibilities are.
以及我們的責任。
in the 21st century
than ever before,
by violence and persecution last year.
largest country in the world.
stay within their own home country,
into a neighboring state.
countries, like Lebanon,
例如黎巴嫩,
in four people is a refugee,
每四人就有一人是難民,
largest refugee camp, in eastern Kenya.
for Somalis fleeing the civil war.
逃離內戰的「短暫營區」。
go home to Somalia?"
索馬利亞的家嗎?」
in that camp were born there,
是在那裡出生的。
support their own people,
engagement with the outside world
及相處模式和外界有極大不同。
generational challenges.
is a trend and not a blip.
而非暫時性變動。
big, large, long-term, complex problems,
且複雜的問題時,
and the global population
"the globalization of indifference."
have turned to stone.
even at a TED conference?
甚至是在 TED 會議中?
to make a difference,
there are any solutions to this crisis.
the solutions are real, too.
但解決方法也很實際。
in the countries where they're living,
need massive economic support.
in the capital city Kampala
because they were working.
is a lifeline, not a luxury,
而非一種奢侈,
the proper social, emotional support
孩童就能重新振作,
of primary school age
已經該上小學的難民孩童
get no education at all.
有四分之三也沒受任何教育。
in cities, not in camps.
而非難民營。
if we were a refugee in a city?
你我會想要什麼?
to pay rent or buy clothes.
of the humanitarian system,
you boost the power of refugees
but needs to be talked about.
need to be given a new start
hundreds of thousands, not millions,
大概數十萬人,
to be banning refugees,
who are victims of terror.
身受恐懼所苦的人了。
"Are they properly vetted?"
「他們受過調查了嗎?」
and good question to ask.
arriving for resettlement
arriving in our countries.
to ask the question,
is another word for terrorist.
they can't get a legal route to hope?
合法管道求生,怎麼辦?
選擇走風險較大的途徑。
Greek island, two years ago.
希臘列斯伏斯島,
went across the island.
途經這座島嶼。
當時我所看到的景象。
to the north of the island:
of those who had made it to shore.
平安抵達岸上者的救生衣。
life jackets for children,
but I want to read it for you.
但我想讀給你聽:
protect against drowning."
will not save their lives
他們掉到船外時
that is taking them there.
have faced down the ages.
not just our policies.
而不僅是政策。
parts of the world.
we should be helping refugees,
because of what it says about us.
因為這會顯出我們是怎樣的人。
of the foundations of civilization.
we have no excuse.
what's happening in Juba, South Sudan,
南蘇丹的朱巴
we have no moral compass at all.
我們完全沒有道德感。
whether we know our own history.
have rights around the world
Western leadership
after the Second World War
and we trash our own history.
就等於踐踏自己的歷史。
about the power of democracy
not the example of our power."
而非力量的示範」?
is more important than the bombs we drop.
of hope and a place of haven.
it reveals about us:
for our own mistakes.
in the world are caused by the West.
都由西方世界造成。
we should recognize it.
that the country which has taken
the United States,
than any other country.
in Iraq and Afghanistan.
for foreign policy errors
you have a duty to try to help repair it,
就有責任修好它。
at the beginning of the talk,
that the refugee crisis
to think in a new way,
你們可以換個方式想想,
or workmates repeat them.
for refugees around the world.
the solutions that I've talked about.
were living in Brussels
to go to Brussels Railway Station.
something was amiss.
if we don't do what we're told,
to Brussels Railway Station.
in the decade before,
at the house of the local farmer,
were living in that village.
Monsieur Maurice?"
He's still alive. Let's go and see him."
他還活著,我們去看他吧。」
natural and innate in us, too.
也該是自然而然的決定。
to help make it so.
of us and our values
of refugees and their lives.
David Miliband: Thank you.
大衛:謝謝。
responsibility is very strong as well,
by one thought, and it's this:
"extraordinary Western leadership"
about human rights,
happened after a big trauma
一個重大的創傷之後,
a consensual political space,
in a divisive political space.
one of the divisive issues.
and a different tempo
the leadership has got to come from below,
領導權必須來自下層,
of the conference this week
the democratization of power.
our own democracies,
our own democracies.
are making more noise
is that we will sponsor and encourage
我們要付出資助及鼓勵,
in a position of looking for leadership,
for a different kind of settlement.
Thanks for coming to TED.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
David Miliband - Refugee advocateAs president of the International Rescue Committee, David Miliband enlists his expert statesmanship in the fight against the greatest global refugee crisis since World War II.
Why you should listen
As the son of refugees, David Miliband has first-hand experience with those fleeing conflict and disaster. In 2013, he abandoned a long political career to take the helm of the International Rescue Committee, an NGO committed to emergency and long-term assistance to refugees (and founded at the call of Albert Einstein in 1933).
As a former UK Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Miliband is no stranger to cross-border politics. He is a leading voice against recent anti-refugee and immigration measures in the US, where the IRC currently runs resettlement programs in 29 cities.
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