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Will Syrians return home?

2024/12/12
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Omar al-Shugri:叙利亚独裁政权的垮台让作者感到极度快乐和自由,然而,在瑞典安稳的生活与对家乡和家人的思念让他面临着复杂的抉择。作者在叙利亚曾被捕入狱,遭受酷刑和非人待遇,这段经历给他留下了深刻的心理创伤。尽管如此,作者仍然希望为叙利亚的重建和民主化进程贡献力量,但他同时也不愿放弃在瑞典建立的生活。作者认为叙利亚人民才是推翻阿萨德政权的主力,任何人都无权自封为领导者,他不会接受任何低于真正民主的政治体制。目前返回叙利亚仍不安全,作者不建议叙利亚难民立即返回。 Noel King:节目的主要内容是围绕叙利亚难民回国问题展开的,采访了叙利亚难民Omar al-Shugri和叙利亚援助与发展组织主任Dr. Amani Khadour,探讨了叙利亚内战后叙利亚难民的处境以及他们对回国问题的看法。 Dr. Amani Khadour:叙利亚内战导致数百万叙利亚人逃离家园,其中大部分前往周边国家,也有部分前往欧美等国家。叙利亚国内也有大量人口流离失所,主要集中在西北部地区。虽然许多流亡海外的叙利亚人希望回家,但目前返回叙利亚的时机尚不成熟,各国政府不应利用这一时机来驱逐难民。叙利亚目前的基础设施严重受损,经济状况恶劣,医疗系统几近崩溃,这使得许多叙利亚人面临着艰难的抉择。许多在海外生活多年的叙利亚人面临着艰难的抉择,他们需要权衡在海外建立的生活和对家乡的思念。一些欧洲国家已经开始重新审视其移民政策,以评估叙利亚的局势是否适合难民返回。

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Omar Alshogre shares his harrowing experiences of being imprisoned in Syria, detailing the brutal conditions and his eventual escape, which was orchestrated by his mother through a bribery effort.
  • Omar Alshogre was imprisoned for protesting against Bashar al-Assad's regime at age 15.
  • He was transferred through multiple prisons, eventually ending up in the notorious Sednaya prison.
  • Omar endured severe torture and gave false confessions to stop the pain.
  • His mother orchestrated his escape through a bribery operation on his execution day.
  • Omar now lives in Sweden and works with the Syrian Emergency Task Force.

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Syrian refugees are celebrating the end of the Assad regime. But for Omar Alshogre and millions like him, going back to Syria is a complicated decision.

This episode was produced by Avishay Artsy, edited by Amina Al-Sadi, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Andrea Kristinsdottir and Rob Byers, and hosted by Noel King.

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Syrians arriving at the border crossing between Lebanon and Syria to return home following the collapse of the Baath Party regime. Photo by Murat Sengul/Anadolu via Getty Images.

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