*AMMAN, Jan 29 (IPS) โ Amakhulu ezinkulungwane abaleke odlameni lwase-Iraq ayofuna ukukhosela e-Jordan, kodwa ababaleki manje sebeqala ukuthola imingcele yabo ivalwa.
IJordani neSyria yiwo kuphela amazwe amabili lapho abantu base-Iraq ababalekela khona benethemba lokuthola indawo yokukhosela. Amazwe aseNtshonalanga avale iminyango yawo kubantu base-Iraqi - ngisho nakubabaleki.
Futhi manje kuningi okufanayo okwenzeka ngeJordani futhi.
"Ngahlinzwa amehlo amakhulu e-Jordan, kodwa udokotela wami wangitshela ukuthi akuphumelelanga ngakho kufanele ngiphinde ngihlinzwe," u-Ahmad Khalaf waseSaqlawiya, eqhele ngamakhilomitha angu-62 entshonalanga ne-Baghdad etshela i-IPS. "Ngafika lapho okuwela khona i-Iraqi-Jordanian nemibiko yami yezempilo kanye nencwadi evela esibhedlela eJordani ifuna ngifike e-Amman ngosuku oluthile ukuze ngilungise umonakalo wokuhlinzwa kwangaphambilini."
UKhalaf uthole lokho amashumi ezinkulungwane zabantu base-Iraqi abakutholayo manje lapho bezama ukungena eJordani. "Iziphathimandla zaseJordanian zangibuyisela emuva zingangitshelanga ukuthi kungani, zangishiya ngibhekene nento engaziwa."
I-UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) ibika ukuthi i-100,000 yase-Iraqis ibaleka kuleli lizwe njalo ngenyanga. I-UNHCR ilinganisela ukuthi cishe i-700,000 Iraqis okwamanje ihlala eJordani kanti enye i-600,000 eSyria - nakuba ochwepheshe abaningi bakholelwa ukuthi izinombolo zangempela ziphakeme, uma kunikezwe izinombolo ezishiya njalo ngenyanga.
I-UNHCR ilinganisela nokuthi kunabantu abangaphezu kwezigidi eziyi-1.5 abafudukele ngaphakathi e-Iraq uqobo.
Abantu abaningi base-Iraqi batshele i-IPS ukuthi iziphathimandla zase-Jordan zazivale iminyango yazo ngci kusukela ngosuku abulawa ngalo uSaddam Hussein. Abaningi bakholelwa ukuthi lokhu kucelwe uhulumeni wase-Iraq.
Iziphathimandla zemingcele eJordani bezilokhu ziba namandla kakhulu ezinyangeni ezisanda kwedlula.
"Ngesikhathi uNdunankulu (u-Nouri) al-Maliki evakashela e-Jordan ngonyaka odlule, iziphathimandla zase-Jordan zaqina, futhi ingxenye yalabo ababehlose ukweqa umngcele banqatshelwa ukungena," umdayisi wegrosa ovame ukuthenga izinto zakhe e-Jordan etshela i-IPS. "Ngemuva kokuthi (uNgqongqoshe Wezangaphakathi wase-Iraq) u-Jawad Bolani evakashele eJordani ngasekupheleni kuka-2006, banqabe cishe amaphesenti angu-95 ama-Iraqis."
Phambilini ngo-2006 iJordan yavala umngcele wayo kwabesilisa base-Iraq abaneminyaka ephakathi kuka-17 no-35, kanye nenani elikhulayo lababaleki basePalestine ababehlala e-Iraq ngaphansi kokuvikelwa kowayengumongameli uSaddam Hussein. Iningi labantu basePalestine abahlala e-Iraq baxoshwe ngamaqembu amaShia. Ukuthutheleka okukhulu kwama-Iraqis eJordani ngaphambi kokuba kuqiniswe ukulawulwa kwemingcele kuphazamise kakhulu ingqalasizinda yaseJordani, ebivele ihlupheka kwezomnotho. Izikole nezibhedlela ikakhulukazi zizizwe zinesisindo samakhulu ezinkulungwane zabahlali abasha.
"Izwe lethu elincane alikwazi ukuthatha ama-Iraqis amaningi," u-Jordanian Ahmad Trawne oneminyaka engu-30 wase-Amman utshele i-IPS. "Siyazwelana nabafowethu base-Iraq, kodwa manje sebewumthwalo ezweni lethu elimpofu."
Izakhamizi zaseJordani zikhala ngokuthi abantu bokufika abacebile base-Iraq balethe ukwehla kwamandla emali ezimakethe zaseJordani. Ibhizinisi lezindlu nezindlu selidlondlobele, kodwa amanani anyukile afinyelela emazingeni enza kube nzima kubantu abaningi baseJordani ukuthenga noma ukuqasha izindawo ezisenkabeni yenhloko-dolobha i-Amman.
Izindawo ezifana nezingadi, iShmaissani kanye nentshonalanga ye-Amman zibone ukukhula kwenani cishe ngamaphesenti angama-200 ngo-2006. Amanani okudla kanye nezinsiza eziyisisekelo nawo akhuphuke kakhulu.
Noma kunjalo, ama-Iraqi amaningi asanomuzwa wokuthi kuwumsebenzi wamaJordani ukuvumela ababaleki.
"Lelizwe lakhiwe ngemali yethu," uthisha wase-Iraqi oneminyaka engu-60 e-Amman etshela i-IPS. โUSaddam unikeze iJordan uwoyela wamahhala wabavulela imingcele yase-Iraq, manje abasasivumeli ukuthi sihlale ezweni labo. Asibaceli noma yiluphi usizo lwezezimali ngoba bonke abantu base-Iraqi beza nemali yabo. Abaningi badayise izindawo zabo e-Iraq ukuze bahlale ngesithunzi.โ
Abantu base-Iraq abehluleka ukweqa umngcele bayaphoqeleka ukuthi babuyele emuva ngoba awekho amahhotela eduze komngcele. Abakwazi ukuhamba ngaphakathi kwe-Iraq ngemva kokushona kwelanga ngenxa yokwesaba ama-patrol aseMelika, ngakho-ke kufanele balale ezindaweni zokupaka ezindaweni zokudlela ezingothelawayeka, lapho kungabanda kakhulu ebusuku.
Kuya ngokuya kuba nzima ukuthola indawo yamakhulu ezinkulungwane athuthela kwenye indawo e-Iraq. I-UNHCR ikhiphe isexwayiso ngoJanuwari 9 ukuthi izinga lokufuduka kwabantu base-Iraqis lalingaphezu kwamandla ezinhlangano ezisiza abantu, okuhlanganisa ne-UNHCR. Imemezele ukuthi inhlekelele yokusiza abantu isondela e-Iraq ngaphezu kwalokho obekulindelwe yizinhlangano zosizo ekuqaleni kokuhlasela okuholwa yi-US ngo-2003.
I-UNHCR yengeze ngokuthi uma ukufuduka kuqhubeka isikhathi eside, kuzoba nzima nakakhulu njengoba abantu abafudukayo kanye nemiphakathi yabo e-Iraq bephelelwa yizinsiza.
(U-Ali al-Fadhily uyintatheli yethu yase-Baghdad, muva nje e-Amman. U-Dahr Jamail ungumbhali wethu onguchwepheshe osechithe izinyanga eziyisishiyagalombili ebika engaphakathi e-Iraq futhi useneminyaka eminingana ebhala nge-Middle East.)
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