UKhomishana Wezindaba Zasekhaya we-European Union u-Ylva Johansson usanda kumemezela ukuthi sekuyisikhathi sokuthi iBulgaria, iCroatia neRomania zijoyine Isivumelwano se-Schengen, ecela wonke amazwe angamalungu e-EU ukuthi asekele ukungena kwawo.
Isungulwe emuva ngo-1995, indawo ye-Schengen njengamanje inawo wonke amazwe angamalungu e-European Union ngaphandle kweBulgaria, iCroatia neRomania, i-Ireland neCyprus. Ezinye izifundazwe ezine ezingaphandle kwe-EU bloc nazo ziyingxenye yendawo: i-Iceland, i-Liechtenstein, i-Norway, ne-Switzerland.
Ngaphansi Isivumelwano seScgengen, izilawuli emingceleni phakathi kwabasayinayo zaqedwa.
Kodwa-ke, amanye amazwe, okuhlanganisa ne-Austria, akhethe ukubuyisela izilawuli zemingcele phakathi nenhlekelele yabafuduki yango-2015 ukuvimbela izindimbane zabafuduki abangekho emthethweni abavela e-Afrika naseMpumalanga Ephakathi ukuthi bangene ezindaweni zabo.
Ngemuva kwesimemezelo sika-Yvla Johansson, uNgqongqoshe Wezangaphakathi wase-Austria uGerhard Karner uthe izwe ngeke likusekele ukunwetshwa kwe-Schengen Zone njengamanje.
Ecaphuna izilawuli ezixegayo emingceleni yangaphandle ye-Schengen Zone, uKarner uthe: “Ukuvota ekwandiseni ngeke kube yisikhathi esikahle manje, lapho uhlelo lwemingcele yangaphandle lungasebenzi.”
Ngokusho kukangqongqoshe, kunenkinga eqhubekayo yokugeleza kwabantu bokufika ngokungemthetho bedlula emazweni aseBalkan njengamanje, futhi bangaphezu kuka-90,000 babo asebeboshiwe e-Austria kusukela kuqale lo nyaka kuphela.
U-Karner uyaphinda ukuthi "ukuvikela imingcele yangaphandle ye-Schengen kuhlulekile," futhi waxwayisa ngokuthi "ukunweba uhlelo oluphukile ngeke kusebenze."
Ukunwetshwa okungenzeka kwendawo engenamngcele ye-Schengen kungase kube isihloko esiphikisanayo emhlanganweni okhethekile wesonto elizayo we iyuniyani yase-Europe ongqongqoshe bangaphakathi.
Ukuvota ngalesi siphakamiso kulindeleke ukuthi kubanjwe ngoDisemba 8, ngokwesekwa ngazwi linye yizizwe zonke ezingu-27 ezidingekayo ukuze kuphasiswe lesi sinqumo.
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- Ukuvota ngalesi siphakamiso kulindeleke ukuthi kubanjwe ngoDisemba 8, ngokwesekwa ngazwi linye yizizwe zonke ezingu-27 ezidingekayo ukuze kuphasiswe lesi sinqumo.
- Ngokusho kukangqongqoshe, kunenkinga eqhubekayo yokugeleza kwabantu bokufika ngokungemthetho bedlula emazweni aseBalkan njengamanje, futhi bangaphezu kuka-90,000 babo asebeboshiwe e-Austria kusukela kuqale lo nyaka kuphela.
- Ukunwetshwa okungenzeka kwendawo engenamngcele ye-Schengen kungase kube yindaba egudwini emhlanganweni okhethekile wangesonto elizayo wongqongqoshe bezangaphakathi be-European Union.
