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Thousands of refugees flooding out of the Middle East and North Africa creating a humanitarian crisis,
数千名难民逃离中东和北非，人道主义危机由此产生。
Achilleas Souras was learning about the crisis at his school in Barcelona.
阿契勒·索拉在巴塞罗那学校了解到了难民危机。
He hoped to create an artwork as he learned more.
随着了解地加深，他希望创造一件艺术品。
It culminated in me reaching out to get actual life jackets from Lesbos in Greece where many migrants would arrive.
难民通常会从希腊莱斯博斯岛登陆，岛上有许多救生衣，这激发了我用救生衣创作艺术作品。
With help from the mayor of Lesbos, a Greek island that has coped with a flood of migrants,
在该岛市长的帮助下，莱斯博斯岛一直在应对大批难民，
Souras got raw material for the artwork, eventually receiving hundreds of life jackets.
索拉最终获得了艺术品所需的原材料，那就是数百件救生衣。
When I touched them, I realized that each one of these life jackets represented a human life
当我触摸这些救生衣时，我意识到一件救生衣就代表了一个人的生命，
and it also had the smell of the sea so I just made it much more impactful than I thought initially.
拿在手上会嗅到大海的气息，所以最终做出来的东西远比我最初想象的更有冲击力。
He fashioned a shelter that looked like the igloos of indigenous people in the far north.
他建造了一间庇护所，它看起来有点像最北端居民建造的圆顶小屋。
In different configurations, the artwork has been shown from South Africa and Italy to Canada.
他的艺术作品以不同形态在南非、意大利和加拿大展出。
He was in Los Angeles for the LA Design Festival and brought a small version of the installation
他带着迷你版艺术作品来到了洛杉矶设计节，
made with miniature life jackets cut from fabrics from the real ones.
这些迷你救生衣是从救生衣织物上剪裁下来的。
He says this pop-up exhibit is not political.
他称这件艺术作品没有政治色彩。
The project isn't really meant to influence somebody's point of view.
这件艺术品不是为了改变人们的观点。
It's really just meant to serve as a pop-up to make somebody feel more inspired to explore more about the crisis like I did.
只是想提醒大家能够从危机中得到更多启发，就像我一样。
The UN refugee agency says more than 65 million people have been displaced from their homes worldwide.
联合国难民署称，全球有超过6500万人流离失所。
More than 22 million are refugees. People are forced to flee because of conflict or persecution.
其中，难民人数超过2200万，人们因战争冲突或迫害被迫逃离家园。
Souras says that's something he wants people to think about.
索拉说这应该成为人们认真思考的问题。
Mike O'Sullivan, VOA News, Los Angeles.
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