Ngabe izikhulu ze-Australia Border Force zikhombe abesifazane baseSaudi Arabia abasola ukuthi bazofaka isicelo sokukhoseliswa? Ingabe i-Australia ivimba ukukhoseliswa okufuna abesifazane baseSaudi Arabia ukuthi bangene ezweni elingaphansi?
Amakona amane angomunye wochwepheshe abahamba phambili emhlabeni ngokufuduka kwabantu abasize abantu, amabhizinisi amancane kanye nabezizwe eziningi kusukela ngo-1996 ngokuthuthela e-Australia.
Ngokusho kwamaKona amane, abakwaSaudi Abesifazane basehlwini olwenziwe yi-Australia ukwenqaba ukungena.
Amakhoneni amane anobufakazi bokungenani abesifazane abasebasha baseSaudi okungenani ababili abafike eSydney Airport eminyakeni emibili edlule kodwa babuyiselwa emuva ngemuva kokucacisa kahle izicelo zabo zokukhosela ezikhulwini zase-Australia. Amakhona amane abuye atshelwe ukuthi abesifazane baseSaudi abafika bodwa ezikhumulweni zezindiza e-Australia bayabuzwa ukuthi kungani behamba bengenamuntu obaphethe.
Okungenani abesifazane abangama-80 baseSaudi bafune ukukhoseliswa e-Australia eminyakeni yamuva nje, iningi labo abalekela imithetho ecindezelayo yokugada abesilisa eSaudi Arabia, evumela abayeni babo, obaba, abafowabo, omalume kanye namadodana abo ukuthi balawule impilo yabo ngokuqinile.
Amakhona amane akhulume nabesifazane abaningana baseSaudi abakwazile ukubaleka embusweni waseMpumalanga Ephakathi baya e-Australia. Bonke bahlala kuma-visa okuvalwa belinde ukucutshungulwa kwezicelo zabo zokukhoseliswa.
UDkt Taleb Al Abdulmohsen, isishoshovu sezepolitiki saseSaudi esihlala eJalimane, wayexhumana kakhulu no-Amal owesifazane waseSaudi owafika eSydney Airport ngoNovemba 2017 wamchazela ngokwenzeka kuye.
“Basola ukuthi uzofuna isicelo sokukhoseliswa. Lapho bethi akazovunyelwa ukungena futhi uzobuyiselwa eSaudi Arabia wabe esecela ukukhoseliswa. Kodwa abamvumelanga ukuthi enze leso sicelo, ”kusho yena.
U-Amal wathumela imiyalezo kuDkt Abdulmohsen wamtshela ukuthi abantu base-Australia bamfake esikhungweni sokuvalelwa futhi akazange anikezwe ummeli.
Ngemuva kwezinsuku ezintathu bamphoqa ukuba adingiswe. Wabuyiselwa eSouth Korea, lapho ayekade ehamba khona eya eSydney. Isishoshovu sezwa kafushane ngo-Amal lapho efika eSeoul. Umtshele ukuthi wethukile ngokumiswa yizikhulu zaseSaudi futhi akazi ukuthi uyaphi ngokulandelayo. UDkt Abdulmohsen uthi wabe eselahlekelwa ukuxhumana no-Amal.
Amakhona amane angaveza futhi udaba lodade ababili baseSaudiya ababevinjelwe ukugibela indiza eya eSydney isuka eHong Kong.
NgoSepthemba 6 ngonyaka odlule, odade babhekana ne-Saudi Consul General ngenkathi bedlula esikhumulweni sezindiza saseHong Kong, futhi bavinjelwa ukuba bagibele indiza yabo ababeyihlelile.
Odade babenama-visa asemthethweni ase-Australia futhi babekisa izihlalo endizeni elandelayo yaseQantas, kodwa ama-Four Corners angaqinisekisa ukuthi isikhulu sase-Australia seBorder Force esisebenza esikhumulweni sezindiza saseHong Kong sabavimbela ukuba bangene kuleyo ndiza ngemuva kokubikwa ukuthi basola ukuthi bazofuna ukukhoseliswa.
UMnyango Wezasekhaya uhoxise ama-visa abesifazane wanqaba ukuphawula ngaleli cala. Abesifazane abasebasha manje basebenzise izinyanga ezine ezedlule behlala ekubhaceni eHong Kong, behamba izindawo kaningana ukugwema umndeni wabo noma iziphathimandla zaseSaudi ukubalandela.
Ekuqaleni kukaJanuwari, uRahaf Mohammed osemusha waseSaudi waba sematheni emhlabeni ngesikhathi ezivalela ngaphakathi ehhotela lesikhumulo sezindiza eBangkok ngemuva kokumiswa izikhulu zabokufika zaseThailand ngesikhathi ezama ukufika e-Australia.
URahaf, owanikezwa ukukhoseliswa eCanada ngemuva kokungenelela kwe-UNHCR, utshele amakona amane ukuthi wayexwayisiwe ngemibuzo izikhulu ze-Australia Border Force ezazizombuza yona uma efika.
Isikhulu sase-Australia seBorder sihlala sibuza owesifazane waseSaudi ohamba yedwa ukuthi ngabe umqaphi wakhe wesilisa uyamvumela yini ukuthi ahambe. Bacela inombolo yakhe ukuze bamshayele. Baphinde bamcela ukuthi abanikeze umakhalekhukhwini wakhe futhi afunde iSMS yakhe, uWhatsApp neminye imiyalezo yezingxoxo kanye nama-imeyili, befuna izimpawu zokukhoseliswa, futhi basesha ngokucophelela umthwalo ukuze bathole izimpawu zokukhosela ezifana nezitifiketi zesikole.
Labo abakwedlulayo izikhulu zeBorder Force bathi abasazizwa bephephile e-Australia. Athi ayahlukunyezwa futhi asatshiswa ngabesilisa baseSaudi abahlala e-Australia abazama ukubaphoqa ukuthi babuyele emakhaya.
Amakhona amane asungule ukuthi omunye walawo madoda usebenzela uMnyango Wezangaphakathi waseSaudi.
