- Ukuvinjelwa kuzise ukuhamba phakathi kweJamaica ne-UK ukuya ha
- Amazwe aliqela kwihlabathi jikelele nawo anyanzelwe ukuba aqalise ukuthintelwa kohambo olufanayo
- Ukusukela ekuvuleni kwakhona imida yayo ngoJuni ophelileyo, iJamaica yamkele malunga ne-1.5 yezigidi zeendwendwe
Ukuvalwa kweJamaica e-United Kingdom (UK) okucwangciselwe ukuba kuphele ngomso, nge-Epreli 30, ngekhe kwandiswe. Oku kuthetha ukuba isibhengezo, esasekwa njengenxalenye yamanyathelo phantsi komthetho wokulawulwa kweNtlekele kwiJamaica, siya kususwa ukusukela ngoMeyi 1, 2021.
Ukuthetha ngokubaluleka kokususwa kwesibhengezo, Umphathiswa Wezokhenketho, U-Edmund Bartlett, u-Edmund Bartlett uthe, “NgoMgqibelo umhla woku-1, iJamaica izakuvula imida yayo kubakhenkethi abasuka e-UK. Oku kuyakwenza ukuba amasango abalulekileyo e Heathrow nezikhululo zeenqwelo-moya zaseGatwick, ukuba kudluliswe abakhweli abaza kuhamba kwaye bathobele ngokupheleleyo iinkqubo zempilo nezokhuseleko ezifunekayo kuhambo lwamazwe aphesheya. ”
Ukuvalwa kuzise ukuhamba phakathi kweJamaica ne-UK kwaye kwenziwa njengenxalenye yemizamo yesiqithi yokunciphisa ukusasazeka kwe-COVID-19. Amazwe aliqela kwihlabathi jikelele anyanzelwe ukuba aqalise ukuthintelwa kohambo ngaphandle kwamanyathelo olawulo lwe-COVID-19. Nangona kunjalo, ngokusasazwa kwezitofu ze-COVID-19 kwihlabathi jikelele kuye kwakho ukwanda kokuzithemba ngokunxulumene nokuhamba nokhenketho.
Isikhundla saseJamaica ngeli xesha sibaluleke kakhulu xa kuvulwa ixesha labakhenkethi ehlotyeni, kwaye kubalulekile ukwenza ukuba i-diaspora, ngakumbi abaxhasi baseBritane abasoloko beza kwesi siqithi. Ukuphakanyiswa kokuvalwa kukwahambelana nenkqubo ephuculweyo yokugonya e-UK kunye nokuba phantse ama-50% abahlali base-UK bafumene idosi yabo yesibini yokugonya. ”
Ukusukela ekuvuleni kwakhona imida yayo ngoJuni ophelileyo, iJamaica yamkele malunga ne-1.5million yeendwendwe eziphantsi kwesiqilima sempilo kunye nokhuseleko.
"Ukuvulwa kwemida kubalulekile kwimeko yezokhenketho yaseJamaica, hayi ukhenketho lweCaribbean, kuba uninzi lwala mazwe luxhamla ngokudlula eJamaica ukuya kubemi baseBritane nabaseYurophu.
Kubalulekile kwakhona ngokuchasene nemvelaphi yefowuni yamva nje yoMbutho wezoKhenketho weCaribbean ukukhuthaza uphononongo lokwahlulwahlulwa kwamazwe aseCaribbean yi-UK; ngenxa yokuba sinamazinga asezantsi okusweleka kunye namazinga okuphucuka okuphezulu kunye nomzekelo wolawulo lwe-COVID-19, ”wongeze watsho uMphathiswa uBartlett.
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- “Jamaica's position at this time is critical in relation to the opening up of the summer tourist season and in fact, the importance of enabling the diaspora, particularly the strong British clientele that have always come to the island.
- The lifting of the ban is also against the background of the improved vaccination program in the UK and the fact that pretty close to 50% of UK residents have received their second dose of vaccinations.
- The ban brought travel between Jamaica and the UK to a halt and was done as part of the island's efforts to reduce the spread of COVID-19.
