(eTN) – Kutshanje, inani labantu baseAfrika abasingise phesheya kolwandle liphindaphindeke kabini. Kwilizwekazi lonke, eNtshona Afrika naseNigeria ngakumbi, akukho sapho lungenalo ilungu elihlala phesheya ngokusemthethweni okanye ngokungekho mthethweni. Enyanisweni, kuye kwaba ngumbandela wesimboli ukuba nelungu losapho elihlala phesheya kolwandle. Kuyo yonke iNtshona Afrika naseNigeria, iintsapho ezininzi ziphila ngokuthumela ngemali evela kumazwe angaphandle.
Inene, igalelo laba bantu kuqoqosho lwamazwe abo, ngakumbi imali ethunyelwa ngaphandle ikhula mihla le. Ngokomzekelo, ingxelo ekhutshwe kutshanje yiBhanki ePhakamileyo yaseNigeria (CBN) ibonisa ukuba abantu baseNigeria baseDiaspora bahlawule i-8 yeebhiliyoni zeedola kwisiqingatha sokuqala salo nyaka kuphela. Eli nani kulindeleke ukuba liphindeke kabini ngoDisemba ka-2007.
Kumashumi eminyaka eyadlulayo, abantu baseAfrika bacengwa okanye bahendwa ukuba baye phesheya kweelwandle ukuze bafumane imfundo yasentshona. Oku kwakunjalo kwiminyaka yangaphambi nasemva kwenkululeko xa amazwe amatsha awayedinga abasebenzi bokuqhuba imicimbi yawo anika inkxaso-mali yokufunda kubantu abatsha baseAfrika abaqaqambileyo.
Namhlanje, imeko itshintshile. Isango eliya kumazwe aseNtshona aliselilo ilungelo lama-Afrika afundileyo, kodwa kuye nabani na onako ukuhlawula imali yokugibela. Lulwazi oluqhelekileyo kwiNtshona Afrika yonke into yokuba imali namathamsanqa akukhuli ezitalatweni zaseYurophu, kodwa amathuba akhoyo anqongopheleyo eAfrika kubantu abanezakhono nabangenazakhono. Eneneni, imeko yezoqoqosho emaxongo ngoyena thunywashe uphambili okhuthaza ulutsha oluninzi lwaseAfrika ukuba lufuduke nokuba kunjani yaye abambalwa abaye baphumelela baphila bhetele kunabo basekhaya.
Ukususela ekuqaleni kweminyaka yama-80s, abantu baseNtshona Afrika abangaqeqeshekanga baye bahamba ngokuzithandela ngamanani amakhulu ukuya eYurophu ngenxa yezizathu zoqoqosho, kunye neSpain, i-Italiya kunye neMalta njengeendawo zokukhetha. Oku kongezwa kwabo bagxothwa yimfazwe kunye nobunzima kwiindawo ezifana neLiberia, Sierra Leone kwaye kutshanje eCote d'Ivoire.
Uninzi lwaba bahambi, abangakwaziyo ukufumana ii-visa ngokuthe ngqo kwi-ofisi yozakuzo yamazwe asentshona, ngoku bajikela entlango naselwandle. Bebeka yonke into emngciphekweni, bakholelwa ukuba iManyano yaseYurophu phantsi kwelungiselelo leSchengen ayibafuni kungoko oorhulumente babo bengenako ukubonelela ngezinto ezisisiseko zobomi. Ngenxa yoko, baye bakhetha ukufudukela kumazwe abacinga ukuba anendawo yokudlala kubo bonke abo banobuganga bokuphupha.
Iqela elitsha labaphambukeli, amadoda namabhinqa liquka abachweli abangaqeqeshwanga kakuhle, abakhi, abakhandi, nabangenalo naluphi na uhlobo lomsebenzi. Ngokutsho kwe-ambassy yaseNigeria eSpeyin, kwi-18,000 yaseNigeria apho, phantse i-10,000 yabo ayikwazi ukufunda nokubhala isiNgesi, ulwimi olusemthethweni lwaseNigeria ngenxa yokuba abazange babe nalo naluphi na uhlobo lwemfundo. Oku kuyasebenza naseGhana, eSenegal, eMali naseCameroon awona mazwe avelisa abantu abasuka kwamanye amazwe ngokungekho mthethweni eNtshona Afrika.
Uninzi lwabaphambukeli baseAfrika namhlanje abajongwa njengomngcipheko wokhuseleko eYurophu ngabantu abenze indlela enzima ukuya eYurophu. Bahlawula imali eninzi kakhulu ukuze bakhusele ii-visa okanye bangene ngeendlela ezahlukahlukeneyo naselwandle. Ukuze baqalise olu hambo, abaninzi bathengisa izakhiwo zabo okanye bathabatha iimali-mboleko ekufuneka zihlawulwe ngexesha elibekiweyo. Ukusilela kwabo ukubuyisela iimali-mboleko ngokufuthi kwakuthetha imiphumo ebuhlungu kwiintsapho zabo emva ekhaya. Ukuphepha le ngozi, abaphambukeli badla ngokunyanzelwa koko kubizwa ngokuba ‘yindlela ekhawulezayo’ eAfrika; izenzo zolwaphulo-mthetho, ukuthengisa ngomzimba kunye nokuthengisa iziyobisi ezinzima.
Aba baphambukeli ngokungekho mthethweni, abangafundanga kwaye ubukhulu becala bengenalo naluphi na ubizo bafumana kunzima ukudibanisa. Bajongana neengxaki zolwimi nezenkcubeko, ngaloo ndlela bekwenza kube nzima ukuhlanganisana, okanye akunakwenzeka.
Nangona isoyikiso sokuvalelwa entolongweni, ubuhlanga, umqobo wenkcubeko kunye newonga lommi wodidi lwesibini kwamanye amazwe aphesheya, abaninzi basadelela, baqalisa uhambo lokuphucula imeko yabo yezoqoqosho.
Ukufuduka kwabantu baseAfrika kumawaka abo kubangela ukuphazamiseka kwiManyano yaseYurophu. Lo mkhwa uye waba ngumba wamaphulo onyulo apho amaqela athile ephakamisa amanyathelo angqingqwa ukukhangela isikhukula sabaphambukeli.
Amarhe ajikelezayo wokuba izikhephe ezininzi ezijikelezayo zijolise ngabom kwaye zizikisa izikhephe zabaphambukeli ngokungekho mthethweni njengendlela yokubanqanda ukuba bafike eYurophu kunye nokutyhilwa kwamva nje kwenkohlakalo yabantwana base-Afrika kwiZiqithi zaseCanary azinakuyisombulula le ngxaki. Ngaphandle kokonakalisa isidima se-EU njengombutho othembekileyo, iya kuphakamisa iintambo ukuze abantu babe nobuganga bokuthatha uhambo.
Ngokungaphumeleli koku kukhankanyiweyo ngasentla, i-EU iphinde yanyusa uxinzelelo lwayo kwiLibya naseMorocco ukuba ibe ngqongqo kwabo bacingelwa ukuba ngabaphambukeli baseAfrika ngokubaphatha kakubi nangombono wokubadimaza ekubeni baqalise uhambo olunqumla entlango ukuya eYurophu.
Ngelixa iMorocco kwiimeko ezininzi isala ukugxotha uninzi lwabantu baseNigeria, iLibya ngaphandle kokuma kwayo kwePan Africanism iqhubekile nokugxotha abantu baseAfrika ngokungakhethi buso. Kukho ubungqina obucacileyo bempatho ekrwada yabafuduki base-Afrika, abaninzi bavalelwa kwiingxowa ezinkulu kunye neengxowa kwaye balahlwa kulwandle lweMeditera ngokhuseleko lwaseLibya kunye neLibya eqhelekileyo.
Ukwenzela iYurophu ekhuselekileyo, imisebenzi kunye noncedo kufuneka lunikezelwe kwezi ndidi zabantu ukubatsalela kude ekwenzeni ubugebenga kulo lonke elaseYurophu. Ngokufanayo, imfuno ye-visa ye-Schengen kufuneka ikhululeke, ukuba iYurophu ifuna abafuduki abavela e-Afrika ukuba babe phantsi koxinzelelo oluncinci.
Nokuba kunjalo, nokuba banezakhono okanye abanabuchule, ezinye zezona ngqondo zibalaseleyo kunye neengqondo ziye zalishiya ilizwekazi zisiya kufuna ubomi obungcono phesheya kolwandle ngaloo ndlela zidala isikhewu kuwo onke amabakala eenzame zethu zobuntu.
Iinkokeli zaseAfrika zinoxanduva lokubhabha kwabantu phesheya kolwandle. Akukho kuphikisa ukuba ubomi e-Afrika bubi, bufutshane kwaye bukhohlakele. Uzinzo kwezopolitiko, ukhuseleko lobomi kunye nepropathi, iziseko ezingundoqo zodidi lokuqala, amathuba okuphumeza iphupha likabani zezinye zezinto ezitsala ama-Afrika ukuba aye eYurophu, eMelika naseAsia.
Ukubonelela ngemekobume efanelekileyo akuyi kuphembelela lo msinga kuphela kodwa kuya kukhuthaza nama-Afrika akwiDiaspora ukuba abuyele ekhaya ukuze abonise ilizwekazi ukuba libe kumgangatho ophakamileyo.
[Lucky uGeorge eturbonews unozakuzaku eNigeria kunye nompapashi we-www.travelafricanews.com. Ukwaphumelele iKhomishini yaseYurophu ngo-2006 iBhaso likaLorenzo Natali kwiintatheli ezixela amaLungelo oLuntu kunye neDemokhrasi.]
