[ti:Freezing in the Alps, Migrants Find Warm Locals] [by:www.51voa.com] [00:00.00]更多听力请访问51VOA.COM [00:00.04]Volunteers are working along the border of Italy and France [00:07.16]to keep migrants from getting killed [00:11.20]or injured by the cold and the mountains. [00:16.60]The Alpine Mountain helpers arm themselves [00:21.20]with hot tea and hand warmers. [00:25.64]They believe that their own humanity would be lessened [00:30.40]if they left pregnant women, children, [00:34.64]and men young and old to struggle in the weather on their own. [00:41.60]On both sides of the border in the Alps, [00:45.52]the effort is based on humanist and humanitarian ideas. [00:53.12]It is grounded in local traditions [00:56.56]of not leaving people to face the weather alone. [01:02.24]It started in 2016 when mountain workers [01:07.96]would not ignore the migrants. [01:12.08]The aid grew to hundreds of volunteers. [01:17.16]They run migrant shelters, [01:20.28]clothe those in need for the dangerous crossing, [01:24.92]and go out into the mountains. [01:29.40]They clear paths in the snow during the day for migrants to follow [01:36.04]and wait for them at night to guide them past border police to safety. [01:43.76]They also treat them for health problems [01:47.40]related to the cold and other medical needs. [01:52.56]“Often, we say, ‘Welcome! How are you?’ [01:56.48]We speak a bit of English because most people speak at least a bit,” [02:02.92]said volunteer helper Paquerette Forest, a retired teacher. [02:11.32]She said some do not want the help, [02:14.88]but really tired people will say, “Yes.” [02:19.68]“We try to avoid being spotted. [02:23.28]We wait in the forest if needed. [02:26.88]And we sort out vehicles to come and pick them up,” she said. [02:34.04]Migrants credit the volunteers for saving lives. [02:39.64]The Alps are not as deadly for migrants [02:43.16]as the Mediterranean Sea, [02:46.00]where many hundreds have died or gone missing this year alone. [02:52.52]“If not for them, we would have died of cold,” [02:56.68]said Aymen Jarnane, 23, a Moroccan led to safety [03:03.16]on a night when the temperature dropped to minus 15 Celsius. [03:10.32]But there have been deaths. [03:12.52]Aid groups pushed French officials [03:15.88]to provide mountain shelters for exiles [03:19.84]and to stop pushing the migrants back into Italy. [03:25.80]This happened after a Togolese man died from the cold [03:31.32]during an attempted night crossing of the mountains [03:36.32]in February 2019. [03:40.52]European opponents of migration [03:44.00]argue that aiding exiles gives hope for others to follow. [03:50.32]The volunteers however cannot imagine not helping others. [03:56.84]“Some of them have traveled 7,000 or 8,000 kilometers [04:02.72]before getting here, so it’s not a mountainous barrier [04:08.12]that will stop them,” said Jean Gaboriau. [04:13.60]He is a mountain guide who helps run a shelter [04:17.96]near the town of Briancon. [04:21.76]Gaboriau said, “Regardless of skin color, [04:26.20]political or religious beliefs, [04:29.60]everyone has the right to be saved [04:33.00]or simply to be welcomed.” [04:36.52]I’m Gregory Stachel. 更多听力请访问51VOA.COM