WARSAW, Poland (CNS) - Umqondisi wenhlangano esiza abantulayo eGreece yamaKhatholika uthe isimo sisashubile esiqhingini saseLesbos ngemuva komlilo oqubuke ekamu lababaleki ushiye okungenani abantu abangu-12,000 bengenamakhaya.
"Isimo sisashubile, njengoba uhulumeni ezama ukuletha ababaleki ekamu elisha, nesiqinisekiso sokuthi bazonakekelwa," kusho uMaria Alverti, umqondisi weCaritas Greece.
“Kodwa asazi ukuthi kuzokwenzekani uma bengalandeli. Ingxenye yabantu bendawo isabela ngendlela eyeqisayo ngokuba khona kwababaleki abaningi kangaka. Kunemibiko yamaqembu endawo azulazula emigwaqweni, ezibambela umthetho ngezandla, ngamacala odlame olubhekiswe kubasebenzi bosizo.”
Umlilo wangoSepthemba 9 eCamp Moria ushiye izinkulungwane zaseSyria, Afghanistan nakwamanye amazwe angama-70 zilele emigwaqweni nasemabhishi.
Engxoxweni yangoSepthemba 16 neCatholic News Service, u-Alverti uthe amaphoyisa namasosha avale imigwaqo ukuvimbela ababaleki ukuhlangana edolobheni elikhulu lesiqhingi, iMytilene.
Nokho, wenezela ukuthi isimo sase sishintshile phakathi kwamaGreki endawo, kwaqubuka izingxabano njengoba kwenziwa imizamo “yokuvikela abantu abathile kwabanye.”
“Abanye (ababaleki) bakholelwa ukuthi bazoba sethubeni elingcono lokufuduka uma bengabhalisi ekamu elisha, ngakho-ke kunokudideka nokungezwani,” kusho u-Alverti. “Abanye abantu bendawo bacabanga ukuthi izinhlangano ezizimele njengeyethu ziyingxenye yenkinga, sike samiswa ezimotweni zethu sibuze ukuthi senzani futhi siyaphi.”
I-Camp Moria eminyene, engahlomile ngokwanele, enesikhundla esisemthethweni sabantu abangu-2,800 nje kuphela, yasha ngasekuqaleni kuka-September. 9, yathumela izinkulungwane zabaleka amatende ayo neziqukathi zesikhashana.
UMichalis Chrysochoidis, ungqongqoshe wezokuvikela eGreece, uthe ngoSepthemba 15 amaphoyisa abophe idlanzana abasolwa ngokucekela phansi impahla.
I-European Union ithe kuze kube manje amazwe angamalungu avumelene ngokuthatha izingane ezingu-400 ezingaphelezelwa eLesbos. Ababhishobhi bamaKatolika eJalimane, e-Austria nakwamanye amazwe banxusa ukuba kushintshwe inqubomgomo ukuze kuvunyelwe ababaleki abengeziwe ukuba bamukelwe yi-European Union.
U-Alverti uthe iziphathimandla zaseGreece zibambisana kahle neCaritas, ephethe ihhovisi e-Lesbos, kodwa yaxwayisa ngokuthi ikamu elisha lababaleki, elakhiwe ngosizo lwamasosha zingakapheli izinsuku ezine kuqale umlilo, lisadinga izinsiza uma kungenjalo ukwenza kabusha izimo eCamp Moria. .
“Iminyaka eminingi, sikhuluma ngendlela uMoria ayenamahloni ngayo Europe, futhi akekho owayelalela. Ngeshwa, kuthathe umlilo ku- EU kanye nohulumeni waseGrisi ukwenza okuthile, ”kusho u-Alverti.
“Njengenhlangano yamaKatolika, ngezinye izikhathi sinikeza umbono ohlukile lapho sikhuluma. Kodwa nakuba isonto lethu ngokuvamile lisekela, angiqiniseki ukuthi singakanani isigijimi salo esizwakalayo ngempela.”
Isiqhingi saseLesbos sihlukaniswe igalikuni ngaseMytilini Strait futhi empeleni iseduze neTurkey kunasezweni laseGreece.
ITurkey iphinde yavula umngcele wayo wokuhamba kwababaleki ngoFebhuwari, ngemuva kokusola i-EU ngokuhoxisa isivumelwano sika-2015 sokusiza ababaleki abalinganiselwa ezigidini ezi-3.6 endaweni yayo. Lokhu kubangele ukwanda okuphindwe kasithupha kwabafikayo eGreece.
Imithetho ye-EU idinga abafuna ukukhoseliswa ukuthi bahlale ezweni lapho baqale khona ukufaka isicelo sokukhoseliswa ngaphandle uma elinye izwe lase-Europe lizimisele ukubasingatha. Ngobhubhane lwe-COVID-19, ukudluliselwa kwabantu abafuna indawo yokukhosela kwezinye izikhungo eGreece naseYurophu yonke kumile.
Ngo-Agasti, iCaritas-Greece ithe ukwanda kwamaphoyisa, amasosha kanye namasosha asolwandle kunciphise ukungena kwababaleki, kodwa yaxwayisa okungenani abangu-32,000 abavaleleke eLesbos, eChios, eSamos nakwezinye iziqhingi, ezibhekene nokushoda kokudla, ukuhlukunyezwa nodlame.
