Xa uHardi Omer, indoda eneminyaka engama-25 ubudala yaseKurdish, yafika kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya saseBeirut, wayevuya kakhulu kwaye evuya - yayilixesha lakhe lokuqala eLebhanon njengomkhenkethi. Wakhawuleza waphoxeka xa ebona ukuba abasebenzi besikhululo seenqwelomoya bajongana namaIraqi ngendlela eyahlukileyo kunezinye izizwe.
“Ndababona [abantu baseNtshona] bebethwa ngumoya kuzo zonke iinkqubo yaye babenikwa imbeko enkulu,” watsho uOmer. “Kodwa thina – ama-Iraqi – sahlala ixesha elingangeyure; elinye igosa kwisikhululo seenqwelo-moya lasicela ukuba sigcwalise ifomu echaza ukuba singoobani, siya phi, ngayiphi injongo, sihlala phi eLebanon, inombolo yethu yomnxeba, neminye imibuzo engakumbi. Kwinqwelomoya eya eBeirut, ndilibele ukuba ndingu-Iraqi kuba ndandivuya kakhulu, kodwa iinkqubo zesikhululo seenqwelomoya zandikhumbuza ukuba ndingu-Iraqi, kwaye abantu base-Iraqi abamkelekanga, ”uxelele I-Kurdish Globe.
Iinkampani ezininzi zokuhamba kunye nabakhenkethi zivuliwe kwiNgingqi yase-Iraqi Kurdistan iminyaka embalwa. Baququzelela ukhenketho lweqela ukuya eTurkey, eLebhanon, eMalaysia, eYiphutha, naseMorocco, kunye nokhenketho lwezempilo kwizigulana ezingakwaziyo ukunyangwa ngaphakathi eIraq- ukhenketho lwezempilo luqhele ukuba yiJordan naseIran.
UHoshyar Ahmed, umphathi weKurd Tours Inkampani yokuhamba kunye nokhenketho, uxelele iGlobe ukuba zithathu izizathu zokuba amanye amazwe angabathandi abakhenkethi baseIraq.
Okokuqala, xa uSaddam Hussein elawula, inani elikhulu lama-Iraqi alishiya ilizwe laseYurophu nakumazwe angabamelwane; Iimbacu zase-Iraq zaba ngumthwalo kula mazwe, kwaye ngaphezu koko, i-Iraqis ayiphumelelanga ukufumana igama elihle njengoko abanye abantu baseIraq babebandakanyeka kwimisebenzi engekho mthethweni efana neziyobisi.
Okwesibini, xa iSaddam yachithwayo, wonke umntu wayecinga ukuba imeko yaseIraqi yayiza kuphucuka kwaye ichume, kodwa yayichasene noko. I-Iraq yaba yindawo yokukhusela abavukeli, ukhuseleko lwalulubi kakhulu, kwaye kwakhona ngaphezu kwe-2 yezigidi zase-Iraqis zabalekela kumazwe angabamelwane.
Okwesithathu, urhulumente waseIraq akaze abakhusele abantu bakhe xa bethukwa okanye behlaziswa kwamanye amazwe; enyanisweni, urhulumente waseIraq ukhuthaza amazwe angabamelwane ukuba abe ngqwabalala kunye nabantu baseIraq.
U-Ahmed uthe xa abantu base-Iraq bekhalaza ukuba abasemagunyeni baseJordani babenoburhalarhume kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya sase-Amman naphambi kokuba urhulumente waseJordani aphendule kwizikhalazo, i-ambassy yase-Iraq e-Amman yakhupha isitatimende isithi, "Sixelele igunya laseJordani ukuba libe ngqongqo kwi-Iraqis. kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya nasemdeni.”
U-Ahmed uthe ukhululekile kakhulu ngeTurkey. “ITurkey ayenzi naziphi na iingxaki kubantu baseIraq,” utshilo.
UHardi Omer, owaya eLebhanon njengomkhenkethi, wathi, “Xa abantu bafumanisa ukuba ndingumIraq, babuza kuphela ngemfazwe, iibhombu eziziinqwelo-mafutha nongquzulwano lwezobupolitika eIraq; abakhe bakubuze okanye bathethe nawe ngeminye imibandela.”
U-Imad H. Rashed, umphathi olawulayo we-Shabaq Airline yokuhamba kunye nokhenketho kwisixeko sase-Erbil, ikomkhulu le-Kurdistan Region, uthe abantu abaninzi baseKurdistan bafuna ukuya kwamanye amazwe njengabakhenkethi, besithi, "Ukusukela imeko yezoqoqosho yaseKurdistan iphucukile, imfuno ukuya kwamanye amazwe kwanda ngokuphawulekayo.”
I-Shabaq yinkampani yokuqala ukuqala ukhenketho lweqela kwingingqi yaseKurdistan, kwaye yinkampani yokuqala ukuvula indlela yokhenketho phakathi kweKurdistan neLebhanon.
“Xa ndaya eLebhanon ukuya kwenza isivumelwano nabasemagunyeni neehotele ukuze ndizise iqela labakhenkethi eLebhanon, ndajamelana nobunzima obuninzi. Ndiye kwiihotele ezingama-20 kwaye akukho mntu undithembileyo, kodwa emva kweehotele ezingama-20, ihotele enye yasamkela isivumelwano, kwaye ndothuka kakhulu,” utshilo uRashed kwiGlobe.
“Ngoku, emva kokuba ndithathe iqela elikhulu labakhenkethi ndisiya eLebhanon, wonke umntu uyayithemba inkampani yam – noMphathiswa wezoKhenketho waseLebhanon uye wandwendwela [kuMmandla] waseKurdistan,” utshilo.
Uye waveza ukuba amazwe alinganiselweyo ngoku amkela abakhenkethi base-Iraq, kwaye amazwe amaninzi acinga ukuba i-Iraq ayilolizwe eliqhelekileyo kwaye ayifuni abakhenkethi base-Iraq.
“Ndikhuthaza onke amazwe ukuba amkele abakhenkethi baseIraq, ngakumbi abakhenkethi abasuka [kwingingqi] yaseKurdistan; Ndiyaqinisekisa ukuba abakhenkethi abasuka kulo mmandla abazukuyenza ingxaki,” utshilo.
Ukongeza, ucele ukuba zonke ii-consulates kwingingqi yaseKurdistan zisasaze ii-visa ukuze abantu bakwazi ukuya kwamanye amazwe.
U-Omer, umkhenkethi, uthe amazwe angabamelwane kunye namanye amazwe angama-Arabhu anobudlelwane bentiyo yothando nabakhenkethi baseIraq. "Bathanda abakhenkethi base-Iraqi kuba banemali, kwaye bayabathiya ngenxa yokuba bangama-Iraqi."
