Umhlaba wonke jikelele namuhla unanza usuku lweInternational Migrants Day ngesikhathi abadabuka eZimbabwe abahlala kwamanye amazwe bebhekane lobunzima, okugoqela ukuswela amaphepha aqondileyo okuhlala lokusebenza kulawo mazwe. Kubikwa njalo ukuba banengi kakhulu abadabuka kuzwekazi leAfrica abasuka emazweni abo besiyaphephela kumbe ukuyadinga imsebenzi kwamanye amazwe ngenxa yokugugudeka komnotho lokunye okubahluphayo.
Inhlanganiso ebona ngokwenzakala emhlabeni wonke eyeUnited Nations ithi luqakatheke kakhulu usuku lweInternational Migrants Day ngoba lunika abantu bonke ithuba lokuthakazelela imisebenzi eyenziwa ngabasuka emazweni abo besiyasebenza kwamanye amazwe. Ithi abantu abanengi basuka emazweni abo ngenxa yezimpi zomvukela, ukuguquka komkhathi, ukugugudeka kwemnotho yamazwe lokunye. Ithi banengi abasuka emazweni abo ababhekane lenhlupho ezitshiyeneyo emazweni phose wonke kuzwekazi leAfrica lezinye indawo. Lokhu kugcizelelwa yinhlanganiso yeInternational Organization for Migration kumbe i-I-O-M ethi kulabanye abahamba kwamanye amazwe abafika bekhahlanyezwe okumangalisayo yizizalwane zalawo mazwe. UNkosazana Yvonne Ndege isikhulumi senhlanganiso le utshele iStudio7 ukuthi kunengi abantu abaphuma emazweni abo abahlangana lakho.
“Kuqakathekile ukuthi sinanzelele ukubana kunengi okulokhe kubhekane lama migrants emhlubulweni wangezansi kwezwekazi leAfrica, Babanjwa ngamandla ukuthi betshiye amazwe abo, abanye besuswa yikuntshintsha komkhathi, kukanti abanye badinga amathuba okuziphilisa.”
Ngesikhathi abanye, okugoqela abeZimbabwe, besebenzisa indlela eziyingozi ezifana lokuchapha imifula egcweleyo kumbe elenyamazana zendle ezifana lengwenya, uNdege uthi bazama ukukhuthaza ukuthi abantu bahambe ngendlela eziqondileyo ezingeke zafaka impilo yabo engozini.
“Njenge IOM kanye lenhlanganiso yomanyano wamazwe omhlaba eye U.N sifuna ukubona abantu behamba ngendlela eziqondileyo, beyamukeleke kuhle amazweni abaya kiwo.”
Uphenyo olusanda kwenziwa yinhlanganiso yeAfrobarometer luveza ukuthi inengi labantu bezwekazi leAfrica lifuna ukuphuma kuzwekazi leli lilubhekise kakhulu eEurope kanye leMelika.
Inengi libalisa ukuyadinga amathuba emsebenzi kanye lokuphunyuka ubunzima bomnotho emazweni abo njengezizatho zokufisa ukuyaphetsheya. Okunhlanganiso yabe Zimbabwe kweleSouth Africa, eyeZimbabwe Community in South Africa, uMnumzana Nqqabutho Mabhena, uthi kumhlubulo wangezansi kwezwekazi leAfrica, inengi libalekela ubunzima bomnotho emazweni abo.
“Inengi labo lihlutshwa zincwadi zokuthi babe kulawomazwe okusemthethweni, kanti njalo isikhathi esinengi alitholi lezo ncwadi ngoba besebenza imsebenzi ephansi ngoba amazwe lawo ayabe edinga ingcitshi emsebenzini etshiyeneyo”
UMnunzana Ntokozo Thebe osebenza kweleBotswana njengomtshayeli weloli uthi abantu bokuza bazithola besebenza gadalala kungelakuphumula.
“Indlela esisetshenziswa ngayo emakampanini, izizalwane zamazwe esikiyo azingeke zenelise. Sizama ngamandla ukuthi sithole okokusiphilisa, bona babona engathi sibathathela imsebenzi.”
Noma nje abantu abaphuma kwamanye amazwe bebhekane lobunzima obuthile emazweni abafikela kiwo, inkokheli yomanyano wamazwe angezansi kwezwekazi kweAfrica, eye Southern African Development Community ikhuthaza ukuba kuvulwe imngcele ukwenzela ukuthi abantu behambe kungelamigoqo.
Ekhuluma lenkokheli ye-IOM kuyonale iviki, uMongameli Duma Boko wakwele Botswana, ugcizelele ukuthi ilizwe lakhe livulekile kulabo abafuna ukuzahlala noma ukuzasebenza.
“Ilizwe lethu yindawo lapho abantu abangahlala khona kumbe belisebenzise njengentuba yokungena kwamanye amazwe. Lokhu kuqakathekile.”
Ilanga le International Migrants Day liqhutshwe ngaphansi kwendikimba ethi ‘Building a healthier future for all’, kukanti njalo kugcizelelwe ukuthi abaphuma bengena emazweni kumele besebenzise indlela ezingasoke zifake impilo yabo engozini.
Ngenombolo ezakhitshwa yinhlanganiso kahulumende weZimbabwe eye ZIMSTATS, kutshengisa ukuthi kulabantu abadlula isigidi abaphuma eZimbabwe kusukela ngomnyaka ka 2012 kusiya ku2022, noma nje kucatshangelwa ukuthi inani leli liphansi kakhulu.
Uphenyo olwenziwa kweleSouth Africa ngomnyaka ka2022 lwaveza ukuba kulabadabuka eZimbabwe abedlula isigidi, kubelabedlula inkulungwane ezingamakhulu amane – 476,000 abadabuka eMozambique labanye abanengi abavela kwamanye amazwe abahlala kulelolizwe.
Inengi eliphuma eZimbabwe lixotshwa yisimo esibi somnotho esibangeli ukuba kungabi lamathuba eneleyo emsebenzi, uhulumende esithi konke lokhu kudalwa yizijeziso zenotho ezetheswa inkokheli yebandla leZANU ngamanye amazwe angentshonalanga.
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