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一群叙利亚难民昨天在温哥华遭一名不名身份的人喷胡椒喷雾。警方说这是仇恨罪行。
这些叙利亚难民昨晚到加拿大穆斯林协会中心（Muslim Association of Canada Centre）参加欢迎他们的活动。约100人站在中心外面时，一个骑自行车的人向人群喷胡椒喷雾，这群人中包括最近抵达加拿大的叙利亚难民。
救护人员对10多个被喷到胡椒喷雾的人进行了急救处理。
温哥华警察总长Adam Palmer 说，对叙利亚难民的攻击是仇恨罪行，呼吁攻击者自首。
总理杜鲁多在推特中谴责对叙利亚难民的攻击行为。
他在推特中说：“我谴责发生在温哥华的对叙利亚难民的攻击。这不代表我们——这不能反映加拿大人（对叙利亚难民的）热烈欢迎。”
温哥华市长罗品信也在推特中谴责对难民的攻击行为。
移民、难民和公民部长麦家廉今天也发表声明，谴责对叙利亚难民的攻击行为。
他在声明里说：“加拿大人懂得，这样的事件是对我们价值观的侮辱，这和全国各地社区对叙利亚难民的热情欢迎是不相符的。“
“我相信，社区对叙利亚的欢迎态度会持续，这令人不安的犯罪行为只能令我们的态度更坚定。我还要明确地告诉最近来到加拿大的叙利亚难民：昨天聚会支持和欢迎他们的人代表了加拿大人的精神，而攻击行为绝不代表他们的新家园。“
移民、难民和公民部长麦家廉的声明：
“I was appalled when I heard of last night’s incident outside the Muslim Association of Canada Centre in Vancouver, in which an unknown assailant pepper sprayed a group of Syrian refugees. Paramedics treated more than two dozen men, women and children for exposure to the noxious substance.
That the group was there to attend an event welcoming them to Canada only makes this attack even more infuriating and reprehensible.
Canadians know that this incident is an affront to our values as a nation, and is at odds with the overwhelmingly positive welcome that Syrian refugees have received in communities across our country.
I am sure that welcoming community spirit will endure, and will grow even stronger in the wake of this disturbing crime. I would also like to assure recently arrived Syrian refugees that those who gathered last night to support and welcome them embody the Canadian spirit. This attack in no way represents their new home.
As Minister of Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship, I wish all of the victims of last night’s attack a quick recovery, and I look forward to our police and legal system bringing the perpetrator to justice.” |
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