Garang*, 18, is one of thousands of refugees recently caught in the crossfire of French riot police, who threw teargas and beat them with batons when they boarded dinghies to travel to the UK.(加朗是数千名陷入法国防暴警察夹击的难民之一，警察在他们登艇时施放催泪瓦斯并棍打。) He is a victim of a war in his home of South Sudan – and one being fought on France’s northern shores.
18岁的加朗*是最近数千名陷入法国防暴警察交火中的难民之一。当他们登上小艇前往英国时，警察向他们投掷催泪瓦斯并用警棍殴打。他是家乡南苏丹战争的受害者——也是这场在法国北部海岸进行的战争的受害者。
He borrows a phone from anyone with credit who will let him try to call home, where his family is displaced(流离失所的). Garang doesn’t have enough money on the £10-a-week allowance(津贴；补助) from the Home Office to make a long-distance call. All he wants is to(他只想……) speak to his mum, to hear her voice, and let her know he is alive and safe in the UK despite the violence he has faced.
他向任何有余额且愿意借他手机的人借电话，试图打给家乡，而他的家人已流离失所。加朗靠内政部每周10英镑的补助，根本不够打长途电话。他只想和妈妈说话，听听她的声音，让她知道自己尽管经历了暴力，但在英国还活着、很安全。
On Thursday, stopping more people like Garang from reaching the UK in small boats topped the “to do” list of the prime minister, Andy Burnham, and the French president, Emmanuel Macron, when they held talks.(周四，阻止更多像加朗这样的人乘小船抵英成为两国领导人会谈的首要议程。) The leaders agreed they were making headway(取得进展) in reducing small boat crossings(横渡；偷渡) in the English Channel but now needed to go further.
周四，首相安迪·伯纳姆与法国总统埃马纽埃尔·马克龙举行会谈时，阻止更多像加朗这样的人乘小船抵达英国，被列入了他们的“待办事项”清单首位。两位领导人一致认为，他们在减少英吉利海峡小船偷渡方面取得了进展，但现在需要更进一步。