By由 Nigel Morris奈杰尔莫里斯

The few Iraqi refugees who complete the perilous and expensive trip to Britain have little prospect of being allowed to stay.数名伊拉克难民，他们完成危险和昂贵的英国之行没有什么前景被允许留下来。

Of the two million Iraqis who have fled their homeland, only about 9,000 have claimed asylum in this country since Saddam Hussein was toppled by the US-led invasion in March 2003.该200.0万伊拉克人逃离自己的家园，只有约9000名声称庇护在这个国家自萨达姆被推翻，由以美国为首的入侵，在2003年3月。

Just 1,305 Iraqi asylum-seekers landed in Britain in 2006, a fraction of the 8,950 who arrived in Sweden and fewer than in the Netherlands (2,765), Germany (2,065) and Greece (1,415).仅1305年，伊拉克的寻求庇护者，降落在英国，在2006年，一小部分的8950人抵达瑞典和少于荷兰（ 2765年） ，德国（ 2065 ）和希腊（ 14时15分） 。 They have about a one in eight chance of being allowed to remain.他们拥有大约每8个机会被允许留下来。

The asylum applications of 88 per cent of Iraqis were rejected last year, with 12 per cent either being granted asylum or discretionary leave to remain.庇护申请的88 ％以上的伊拉克人被拒绝，去年，有12 ％或者准予庇护或酌情离开留下来。

Six years ago, about half of all Iraqi asylum-seekers were granted refuge. 6年前，大约有一半的伊拉克所有寻求庇护者被授予庇护。 More Iraqis are now being returned from Britain than arrive.更多的伊拉克人现在正在返回英国，比到达。 Most go back voluntarily, but there have been a handful of forcible removals to the Kurdish north of the country, despite warnings about instability and violence across the whole of Iraq.大部分返国，但也有极少数强行清除，向北部的库尔德人的国家，尽管警告不稳定和暴力遍及整个伊拉克。

Donna Covey, the chief executive of the Refugee Council, said: “Along with the rest of the international community, the United Kingdom has a responsibility to refugees displaced by the conflict in Iraq and we are not living up to that responsibility.唐娜Covey的，行政长官的同意难民理事会，说： "一直以来，与其他国际社会，美国，英国有责任为他们的难民流离失所，伊拉克境内的冲突，我们都没有达到这个责任。 The scale of the refugee crisis is growing and is now so acute that a change in policy towards Iraqi refugees is surely now imperative.”大规模的难民危机，是越来越多，并正使急性一项政策的改变对伊拉克难民肯定是当务之急" 。

She criticised the Government for not following the lead of other countries, including the United States, in agreeing to resettle some of the refugees sheltering in Iraq’s neighbours.她批评政府没有跟随领先其他国家，包括美国，在同意以安置部分难民的庇护所，在伊拉克的邻国。

The Government’s tough line is a result of tightening border controls in recent years and the Home Office’s belief that “there has been a clear change in the conditions in Iraq and, with it, the factors to be considered when Iraqi nationals claim asylum”.政府的强硬路线，是由于加强边境管制措施，在最近几年和民政厅的看法，即"有一个明显的变化，在条件在伊拉克的，有了它，要考虑的因素时，伊拉克国民索赔避难" 。

There are fears that Iraqis are opting to live in Britain illegally without ever declaring themselves to the authorities for fear of expulsion.有人担心伊拉克人也选择居住在英国的非法从来没有宣称自己向当局因为害怕被驱逐。

Britain is not alone in its uncompromising attitude to Iraqi refugees.英国不是仅在其不妥协的态度，以伊拉克难民。 The Netherlands only allowed about 25 per cent to stay last year, Germany 11 per cent and Greece refuses all applications.荷兰只允许约25 ％ ，以保持去年，德国为11 ％和希腊拒绝所有申请。 Sweden, by contrast, allowed more than 90 per cent, with the result that it receives almost half of Europe’s Iraqi asylum-seekers.瑞典，相比之下，允许90 ％以上，其结果是，它得到几乎半个欧洲的伊拉克的寻求庇护者。 Earlier this year it appealed to its European Union partners to share the load.今年早些时候，它呼吁欧洲联盟的伙伴，以分担负荷。

Pirkko Kourula, the European director of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, said: “Given the seriousness of the situation in Iraq, one would certainly expect a much higher recognition rate for refugees from that country.” Pirkko Kourula的，欧洲导演的联合国难民事务高级专员说： "考虑到局势的严重性，在伊拉克，人们当然期望高得多的识别率为难民从该国" 。

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