The UK government said on Wednesday that a plan has stopped.
英國政府週三說,一個計劃已經停止。
This plan wanted to reduce the number of people. They were crossing the English Channel in small boats.
這個計劃想減少坐小船穿過英吉利海峽的人數。
The UK and France did this plan together.
這個計劃是英國和法國一起做的。
The Home Office said in a statement that this "one in, one out" deal. It "will no longer process new cases".
內政部在聲明中說,這個「一進一出」協議「不再處理新案件」。
Under this plan, people may be locked up. They come to the UK by small boat.
根據這個計劃,坐小船到英國的人可能被關起來。
Then they may be sent back to France.
然後他們可能被送回法國。
At the same time, the same number of asylum seekers can come to the UK. They can come in a safe and legal way.
同時,同樣數量的尋求庇護者可以通過安全合法的方式來英國。
As part of the deal, about 1,500 people have been sent back to France.
作為協議的一部分,大約1,500人已被送回法國。
A little fewer people have been sent to the UK.
稍微少一點的人已被送到英國。
The deal was meant to last three years.
協議原本要持續三年。
But one clause lets both sides stop it early.
但有一個條款允許雙方提前停止。
The Home Office says the UK will keep working with France. They want to stop small boats crossing.
內政部說,英國會繼續和法國合作,打擊小船穿越。
The Home Office says there has been real progress.
內政部說已經取得實際進展。
The plan has stopped. But the Home Office says it will keep flying out detained people. This will go on in the coming weeks.
雖然計劃已不再實施,內政部說,未來幾週會繼續用飛機把已被關起來的人送走。
The situation now is very different from last year.
現在的情況和去年很不一樣。
There are many reasons, like more police and cameras in northern France. So this year, the number of crossings dropped a lot.
因為法國北部警察巡邏增加和監視增強等多種原因,今年穿越人數大幅下降。
This is the lowest number in five years.
這是五年來的最低點。
So far this year, about 19,000 people have made the crossing.
今年到現在,大約有19,000人完成穿越。
This is about 40% lower than the same time last year.
這比去年同期下降約40%。
On Monday, a 10-year-old child and two women died.
週一,一名10歲兒童和兩名婦女死亡。
They were crushed to death on a boat. The boat was packed with over 100 people.
她們顯然是在一艘擠滿100多人的船上被踩死。
This shows how dangerous the crossing is.
這說明了穿越的危險。
In 2020, Britain and the EU split badly. After that, countries stopped working together to stop the small boats.
2020年英國與歐盟激烈分裂後,阻止小船的國際合作停了下來。
But in the past few years, Britain and France made many deals.
但過去幾年,英法達成了多項協議。
In recent years, small boats crossing became a big political problem in Britain.
近年來,小船穿越已成為英國一個強烈的政治問題。
People are angry. Governments seem unable to deal with this problem.
人們對歷屆政府似乎無法處理這個問題感到憤怒。
This anger is the reason behind many protests and riots.
這種憤怒是一系列示威和騷亂背後的原因。
It also helped the far-right Reform UK party grow strong.
它也助長了極右翼英國改革黨的崛起。