Lampedusa, Italy – KungoMgqibelo ekuseni kanti u-Ahmed umpintshekile esikebheni esincane sonogada base-Italy esimiswe kwelinye lamachweba aseLampedusa.
Kunabanye ababaleki ababalelwa ku-30 nabafudukayo emkhunjini.
Amaphoyisa, amboze amakhanda kuya ozwaneni egqoke igiya elimhlophe lokuzivikela, aphansi, ayazulazula esikebheni ukuze asilungiselele ukuma okulandelayo okuqhele ngamamayela ambalwa - isikebhe iRhapsody.
Lapho, cishe ababaleki abangama-800 nabafuduki bazongena esikhathini sokuvalelwa bodwa izinsuku eziyi-14.
Njengo-Ahmed, basusiwe esikhungweni sokwamukela abantu esigcwele abantu eLampedusa ngenxa yokushoda kwendawo, futhi manje sekumele bavalelwe yedwa amasonto amabili esikebheni.
"Yebo ngijabule," kusho lo mfana oneminyaka engu-23 etshela i-Al Jazeera ngomlayezo wombhalo. “Kuhlale kungcono kunokuhlala ngaphakathi esikhungweni.”
UMgqibelo bekuzoba wusuku lwakhe lweshumi nesikhombisa ngaphakathi kwesikhungo okuwukuphela sona sokwamukela izivakashi eLampedusa, esifundeni sase-Imbriacola. Lokhu okubizwa ngokuthi “i-hotspot”, lesi sikhungo bekugxile kakhulu engxoxweni eshubile phakathi kwabaholi bezepolitiki ababusayo kanye nomphakathi.
Yakhelwe ukuhlalisa abantu abangeqile ku-192, kodwa ngesonto eledlule bebebalelwa ku-1,500 njengoba isibalo sabafuduki kanye nababaleki abehlela ogwini lwesiqhingi sikhuphuka ngesikhathi sasehlobo.
“Basiphatha njengezilwane, ngingasho kubi kunezilwane,” kusho u-Ahmed, owafika ngo-Agasti 19 esikebheni esivela edolobheni laseTunisia i-Sfax. Ubusuku ngabunye, yena nabanye babevame ukunyonyoba ukuze bathole okuya ngasethunjini.
“Ngokuvamile amanzi nogesi ungekho, ulala phansi noma kumatilasi ongcolile, uma uwutholile. Awekho amagama angakuchaza ... Abanye babo [abasebenzi] balokhu besithuka. Ngizizwa ngiphathwa njengamaphekula,” usho kanje.
Kuzokwenzekani ku-Ahmed uma isikhathi sokuvalelwa kwesikebhe sesiphelile?
Iningi labantu baseTunisia bathathwa njengabafuduki bezomnotho, ngakho-ke babuyiselwa eTunisia - uhulumeni wase-Italy usungule ama-charter amabili engqikithi yokubuyiswa kwabantu abangama-80 ngesonto kuze kube manje - noma unikeze isikhathi sewindi sezinsuku eziyisikhombisa kuya kwezingu-30 sokubuyela ekhaya ngezindlela zabo. Ngokuvamile, lapho sebefikile, bazama ukushiya i-Italy nganoma iyiphi indlela futhi baye enyakatho Europe.
“Anginandaba noma bazongibuyisela emuva, ngizobuya futhi, futhi futhi, futhi,” kusho u-Ahmed. "Kimina [kungumbuzo] ukufa noma ukufika."
Uphakathi kwabantu baseTunisia abangu-7,885 abafike eSicily kulo nyaka kuze kube ngu-Agasti 31 - inani eliphindwe cishe izikhathi eziyisithupha kunesikhathi esifanayo ngonyaka odlule.
Njengoba ubhubhane lwe-coronavirus luphoqa ohulumeni ukuthi bavale imingcele yabo futhi bamise imisebenzi, iTunisia nayo ikhokha inani elikhulu ngomnotho wayo okulindeleke ukuthi unciphe ngaphezu kwalokho. Amaphesenti angu-4 kulo nyaka, kanye nezinga lokungasebenzi elimile njengamanje 16 amaphesenti.
Njengoba i-hotspot yaseLampedusa ichichima kanye nokusongelwa kwezivakashi ngenxa yesibalo sabantu abafuna indawo yokukhosela, osopolitiki abakude kwesokudla bahlomisa lolu bhubhane emzamweni wokuqhubekisela phambili imigomo emelene nabafuduki.
Ngo-Agasti 31, njengoba abantu abangaphezu kuka-360 bahlengwa olwandle balethwa eLampedusa, iqeqebana lababhikishi - elididiyelwe yilungu leqembu elikude kwesokudla likaMatteo Salvini, iNhlangano - laya ethekwini ukuyomisa ukufika kwalo.
Ngesonto eledlule, uSalvini uncome uMbusi waseSicily uNello Musumeci ngokuyalela ukuthi kuvalwe izikhungo zokwamukela izivakashi esifundeni. Naphezu kokuvinjwa ngokushesha yinkantolo, lesi sinyathelo sakhulisa kakhulu udumo lombusi.
Ngo-2011, abantu baseTunisia abangaphezu kuka-50,000 XNUMX bafika eLampedusa ngesikhathi bebalekela izinxushunxushu ezweni labo ngesikhathi esibizwa nge-Arab Spring [Antonio Parrinello/Reuters]
Izakhamuzi zaseziqhingini zaseLampedusa zisetshenziselwa ababaleki nabafuduki abafika ogwini lwabo. Indawo eseningizimu yeYurophu, lesi siqhingi sekungamashumi eminyaka siyindawo yokuqala yokungena kulabo abawela iMedithera.
Ngo-2011, kwafika abantu baseTunisia abangaphezu kuka-50,000 XNUMX.
“Sibamukele beletha ukudla okufudumele futhi besiza ekumiseni amatende edolobheni lonke,” kukhumbula owayengumdobi uCalogero Partinico, 63, ehlezi ebhentshini ebuka izivakashi, abaningi bezulazula bengenamaski.
Njengabanye abaningi, iPartinico idonse ukuxhumana phakathi kwenani elandayo lababaleki kanye nabafuduki kanye nobhubhane lwe-coronavirus, yize ababaleki benza amaphesenti angama-3-5 amacala e-COVID-19 ezweni, uma kuqhathaniswa namaphesenti angama-25 atholakele phakathi kwezivakashi, ngokusho kwe-Italy. Isikhungo Sikazwelonke Sezempilo.
"Abantu baseziqhingini bahlala nokwesaba okhokho ngenxa yokugula - uma bebheka ukuhlala bodwa kanye nokuntuleka kwezibhedlela esiqhingini - nangenxa yokulahleka okungenzeka kwenkathi yasehlobo," kusho uMarta Bernardini, isisebenzi sosizo esivela eMedithera Hope, iphrojekthi yeFederation of Protestant. Amasonto e-Italy azinze eLampedusa. "I-coronavirus ihlanganise lezi zinto zombili, yadala isimo sengqondo esinobutha ngabafuduki."
Kukhona nokukhathazeka okukhulayo ngokusetshenziswa kwezikebhe ukuvalela abokufika - okuwumsebenzi osekudle uhulumeni okungenani ama-euro ayizigidi eziyisithupha ($7.1m) ngokuqasha imikhumbi emihlanu.
"Akekho ozifunayo," kusho iMeya yaseLampedusa, uToto' Martello, etshela i-Al Jazeera, ekhomba ukwenqaba kwababusi bezifunda ukwamukela ababaleki nabafuduki. "Ngenxa yokuthi njengoba kune-COVID-19, kube nomkhankaso wabezindaba omelene nabafuduki bethi yibona abaletha leli gciwane."
Ngokuqhubeka nokujulisa inkinga yababaleki base-Italy, amandla okwamukela izwe asanda kwehliswa ngesigamu, kusho uSami Aidoudi, umeluleki wezomthetho kanye nomlamuleli wamasiko we-Association for Juridical Studies on Immigration (ASGI).
"Imithetho yezokuphepha kaSalvini inciphisa imali, yingakho iningi lezinsizakalo zehlisiwe," esho, ebhekisa kuzinqubomgomo zikandunankulu zango-2018 zokulwa nokufuduka.
Ngaphambi kwalezo zinqumo, njengesibonelo, izinsizakalo zezenhlalakahle zazithola cishe ama-euro angu-35 ($41) ngosuku ngomuntu osuka kwelinye izwe - inani lehle lafinyelela kuma-euro angu-19 ($22). Ngalezi zinguquko, amanye amadlelandawonye aphoqeleka ukuthi avale, kanti izinga lezinsizakalo lehla kwamanye.
Naphezu kokuthembisa ukuphenduka okukhulu kwe-U kusuka kunqubomgomo eqinile kaSalvini mayelana nokufuduka, uhulumeni wamanje wenze izinguquko ezimbalwa.
"Sebeqala ukusungula izikhungo zokwamukela abantu ezintantayo - iphupho lophiko lwesokudla lwase-Italy," kusho u-Aidoudi.
Ukuvalela abafuduki olwandle, kude namehlo abahlali, “kusho ukungabibikho kolwazi lwezinhlangano zomphakathi, kulabo abanganikeza ukwelulekwa ngokomthetho futhi ekugcineni kwabokufika”, esho. “Asikwazi ukubasiza.”
