Dylan Bettencourt
U-Eldric Sella, umshayisibhakela obemele i-Refugee Olympic Team emidlalweni yase-Tokyo, uthe uzothuthela e-Uruguay njengoba engakwazi ukubuyela e-Trinidad & Tobago lapho akade ehlala khona.
USella wase-Venezuela uthathe isikhathi esingaphezudlwana komzuzu empini yakhe yokuqala yama-Olimpiki, waqeda ukuhlala kwakhe e-Tokyo. Lo mdlali oneminyaka engama-24 ubudala uxolisile ngokulahlekelwa kwakhe kubantu base-Venezuela, abambona njengeqhawe ngemuva kwezinkinga izwe elahlangabezana nazo ngesikhathi sezinkinga zomnotho eminyakeni edlule.
Lo mshayisibhakela ubhale ngokufudukela kwakhe e-Uruguay ku-Instagram.
“Namuhla ngibusisekile ukuqala phansi kulelizwe ukuthi ngaphandle kokucabanga kabili kuvule iminyango kwanginika izikhiye zokwenza lelizwe kube yikhaya lami elisha. Ngiyabonga, Uruguay!” esho.
Ubaba kaSella uthe indodana yakhe ibihlala e-Trinidad & Tobago kodwa yangakwazi ukubuyela kuleliyazwe ngezizathu abangazicacisanga. Kodwa-ke, okhulumela i-United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (i-UNHCR) utshele i-Reuters ukuthi i-Uruguay iyasamukela isicelo sikaSella sokudluliswa esuka kwelinye izwe eya kwelinye.
UNgqongqoshe wezangaPhandle wase-Venezuela uJorge Arreaza washo ngenyanga edlule ukuthi uSella akasiye umbaleki futhi angabuyela ezweni lakubo noma yinini uma efuna.
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