Barat Ali Batoor: My desperate journey with a human smuggler

Prevoditelj: Mislav Ante Omazić - EFZG Recezent: Ivan Stamenković

I am a Hazara,

Ja sam Hazar

and the homeland of my people is Afghanistan.

i domovina mog naroda je Afganistan.

Like hundreds of thousands of other Hazara kids,

Kao i stotine tisuća druge Hazar djece,

I was born in exile.

rođen sam u prognanstvu.

The ongoing persecution and operation against the Hazaras

Kontinuirani progon i djelovanje protiv Hazara

forced my parents to leave Afghanistan.

prislili su moje roditelje da napuste Afganistan.

This persecution has had a long history going back to the late 1800s,

Taj progon ima dugačku povijest koja seže do 1800-ih,

and the rule of King Abdur Rahman.

i vladavine kralja Abdur Rahmana.

He killed 63 percent of the Hazara population.

On je ubio 63 posto hazarskog stanovništva.

He built minarets with their heads.

On je gradio minarete njihovim rukama.

Many Hazaras were sold into slavery,

Mnogi Hazari su prodani u roblje,

and many others fled the country for neighboring Iran and Pakistan.

a mnogi drugi su prebjegli u susjedne zemlje, Iran i Pakistan.

Moji roditelji su također prebjegli u Pakistan,

My parents also fled to Pakistan,

and settled in Quetta, where I was born.

i nastanili se u Quetti, gdje sam i ja rođen.

After the September 11 attack on the Twin Towers,

Nakon 11. rujna i napada na Blizance,

I got a chance to go to Afghanistan

imao sam priliku otići u Afganistan

for the first time, with foreign journalists.

prvi puta, sa stranim novinarima.

I was only 18, and I got a job working as an interpreter.

Imao sam samo 18 i dobio sam posao prevoditelja.

After four years,

Nakon četiri godine,

I felt it was safe enough to move to Afghanistan permanently,

osjećao sam se dovoljno sigurno da se stalno preselim u Afganistan,

and I was working there as a documentary photographer,

i tamo sam radio kao dokumentarni fotograf,

and I worked on many stories.

i radio sam na puno priča.

One of the most important stories that I did

Jedna od najvažnijih priča koje sam napravio

was the dancing boys of Afghanistan.

bila je o plešućim dječacima Afganistana.

To je grozna priča o užasnoj tradiciji.

It is a tragic story about an appalling tradition.

It involves young kids dancing for warlords

Uključuje mladu djecu koja plešu za gospodare rata

and powerful men in the society.

i moćne ljude u društvu.

These boys are often abducted or bought from their poor parents,

Ti dječaci su često oteti ili kupljeni od svojih siromašnih roditelja,

and they are put to work as sex slaves.

i stvaljeni da rade kao seksualni robovi.

This is Shukur.

Ovo je Shukur.

He was kidnapped from Kabul by a warlord.

On je otet u Kabulu od strane gospodara rata.

He was taken to another province,

Odveden je u drugu provinciju,

where he was forced to work as a sex slave for the warlord and his friends.

gdje je prisiljen raditi kao seksualni rob za gospodara rata i njegove prijatelje.

When this story was published in the Washington Post,

Kada je ta priča objavljena u Washinston Postu,

počeo sam dobivati smrtne prijetnje,

I started receiving death threats,

and I was forced to leave Afghanistan,

i bio sam prisiljen napustiti Afganistan,

as my parents were.

kao i moji roditelji.

Along with my family, I returned back to Quetta.

Zajedno s mojom obitelji vratio sam se u Quettu.

The situation in Quetta had changed dramatically since I left in 2005.

Situacija u Quetti se dramatično promijenila nakon što sam je napustio 2005.

Once a peaceful haven for the Hazaras,

Jednom mirno mjesto za Hazare,

it had now turned into the most dangerous city in Pakistan.

se pretvorilo u jedan od najopasnijih gradova u Pakistanu.

Hazaras are confined into two small areas,

Hazari su ograničeni na dva mala područja,

and they are marginalized socially, educationally, and financially.

i marginalizirani su društveno, obrazovno i kažnjavaju se.

This is Nadir.

Ovo je Nadir.

I had known him since my childhood.

Znao sam ga od svog djetinjstva.

He was injured when his van was ambushed by terrorists in Quetta.

Ranjen je kada je jegov kombi napadnut od terorista u Quetti.

He later died of his injuries.

Kasnije je umro od zadobivenih ozljeda.

Around 1,600 Hazara members

Oko 1.600 Hazara

had been killed in various attacks,

je ubijeno u raznim napadima,

and around 3,000 of them were injured,

i oko 3.000 je ranjeno,

and many of them permanently disabled.

a mnogi od njih su trajno onesposobljeni.

The attacks on the Hazara community would only get worse,

Napadi na Hazar zajednicu će se samo pogoršati,

so it was not surprising that many wanted to flee.

tako da ne začuđuje da žele pobjeći.

After Afghanistan, Iran, Pakistan,

Nakon Afganistana, Irana, Pakistana,

Australia is home to the fourth largest population of Hazaras in the world.

Australija je dom četvrte najveće populacije Hazara na svijetu.

When it came time to leave Pakistan,

Kada je došlo vrijeme da se napusti Pakistan,

Australia seemed the obvious choice.

Australija se činila očitim izborom.

Financially, only one of us could leave,

Financijski, samo je jedno od nas moglo otići,

and it was decided that I would go,

i odlučeno je da ja idem,

in the hope that if I arrived at my destination safely,

u nadi da ako ja stignem na svoje odredište sigurno,

I could work to get the rest of my family to join me later.

ja bih mogao zaraditi da mi se cijela obitelj pridruži.

Svi smo znali za rizike,

We all knew about the risks,

and how terrifying the journey is,

i koliko je zastrašujuće to putovanje,

and I met many people who lost loved ones at sea.

i sreo sam puno ljudi koji su izgubili svoje voljene u moru.

It was a desperate decision to take, to leave everything behind,

To je bila očajnička odluka, ostaviti sve iza sebe,

and no one makes this decision easily.

i nitko ne donosi takve odluke jednostavno.

If I had been able to simply fly to Australia,

Da sam bio u mogućnosti jednostavno odletjeti u Australiju,

it would have taken me less than 24 hours.

to bi oduzelo manje od 24 sata.

But getting a visa was impossible.

Ali dobiti vizu je nemoguće.

My journey was much longer,

Moje putovanje je bilo bitno duže,

much more complicated,

bitno složenije,

and certainly more dangerous,

i svakako opasnije,

traveling to Thailand by air,

putujući avionom u Tajland,

and then by road and boat to Malaysia and into Indonesia,

i onda cestom i brodom do Malezije pa u Indoneziju,

paying people and smugglers all the way

plaćajući ljudima i krijumčarima cijelim putem

and spending a lot of time hiding

i provodeći jako puno vremena skrivajući se

and a lot of time in fear of being caught.

uz strah da ću biti uhvaćen.

In Indonesia, I joined a group of seven asylum seekers.

U Indoneziji sam se priključio grupi od sedam azilanata.

We all shared a bedroom

Dijelili smo spavaću sobu

in a town outside of Jakarta called Bogor.

u gradu izvan Jakarte pod imenom Bogor.

After spending a week in Bogor,

Nakon što sam proveo tjedan u Bogoru,

three of my roommates left for the perilous journey,

tri moja cimera su krenula na opasan put,

and we got the news two days later

a do nas su vijesti stigle dva dana kasnije

that a distressed boat sank in the sea en route to Christmas Island.

da je tužni brod potonuo na morskoj ruti za Božićne otoke.

We found out that our three roommates -- Nawroz, Jaffar and Shabbir --

Saznali smo kako su naša tri cimera -- Nawroz, Jaffar i Shabbir --

were also among those.

bili među tim nesretnicima.

Only Jaffar was rescued.

Samo je Jaffar spašen.

Shabbir and Nawroz were never seen again.

Shabbir i Nawroz nisu nikada kasnije bili viđeni.

It made me think,

To me navelo na razmišljanje,

am I doing the right thing?

činim li pravu stvar?

I concluded I really had no other choice but to go on.

Zaključio sam kako nemam previše izbora nego nastaviti.

A few weeks later, we got the call from the people smuggler

Nekoliko tjedana kasnije, dobili smo poziv od krijumčara

to alert us that the boat is ready for us to commence our sea journey.

koji nas je upozorio kako je brod za naše putovanje po moru spreman.

Taken in the night towards the main vessel

Tijekom noći su nas odveli do našeg broda

on a motorboat,

u motornim čamcima,

we boarded an old fishing boat that was already overloaded.

i tako smo došli do starog ribarskog broda koji je već bio pretrpan.

There were 93 of us,

Bilo nas je 93-oje,

and we were all below deck.

i svi smo bili ispod palube.

No one was allowed up on the top.

Nitko nije smio izaći gore.

We all paid 6,000 dollars each

Svatko od nas je platio 6.000 dolara

for this part of the trip.

za taj dio puta.

The first night and day went smoothly,

Prvi noć i dan su prošli bez problema,

but by the second night, the weather turned.

ali druge noći se vrijeme okrenulo.

Waves tossed the boat around, and the timbers groaned.

Valovi su bacali brod naokolo, a drvo na njemu je stenjalo.

People below deck were crying, praying, recalling their loved ones.

Ljudi ispod palube su plakali, molili se, pozivali voljene.

They were screaming.

Vrištali su.

It was a terrible moment.

To je bio grozan trenutak.

It was like a scene from doomsday,

To je bila scena iz sudnjeg dana,

or maybe like one of those scenes from those Hollywood movies

ili možda poput neke od onih scena iz hollywoodskih filmova

that shows that everything is breaking apart

u kojima se sve raspada

and the world is just ending.

a svijet će jednostavno okončati.

It was happening to us for real.

To se nama događalo za stvarno.

We didn't have any hope.

Nismo imali nikakve nade.

Our boat was floating like a matchbox on the water

Naš brod je plovio poput kutije šibica na vodi

without any control.

bez ikakve kontrole.

The waves were much higher than our boat,

Valovi su bili bitno viši od našeg broda,

and the water poured in faster than the motor pumps could take it out.

a voda je ulazila bitno brže nego što ju je pumpa mogla izbaciti.

We all lost hope.

Izgubili smo nadu.

We thought, this is the end.

Mislili smo kako je to kraj.

We were watching our deaths,

Gledali smo smrti u oči,

and I was documenting it.

a ja sam to snimao.

The captain told us

Kapetan nam je rekao

that we are not going to make it,

kako nećemo uspjeti,

we have to turn back the boat.

da se moramo vratiti.

We went on the deck

Otišli smo na palubu

and turned our torches on and off

i palili i gasili naše baklje

to attract the attention of any passing boat.

kako bi privukli pažnju bilo kojeg broda u prolasku.

We kept trying to attract their attention by waving our life jackets and whistling.

Nastavili smo pokušavati privući pažnju

tako što smo mahali jaknama za spašavanje i zviždali.

Eventually, we made it to a small island.

Napokon smo sitigli do malenog otoka.

Our boat crashing onto the rocks,

Naš brod se razbio o stjene,

I slipped into the water

ja sam upao u vodu

and destroyed my camera, whatever I had documented.

i uništio svoju kameru sa svime što sam uspio snimiti.

But luckily, the memory card survived.

Ali na sreću memorijska kartica je spašena.

It was a thick forest.

Došli smo do guste šume.

We all split up into many groups as we argued over what to do next.

Podijelili smo se u puno malih grupa dok smo raspravljali što dalje napraviti.

We were all scared and confused.

Svi smo bili uplašeni i zbunjeni.

Then, after spending the night on the beach,

Onda, nakon što smo proveli noć na plaži,

we found a jetty and coconuts.

pronašli smo nasip i kokosove orahe.

We hailed a boat from a nearby resort,

Mahali smo brodu iz obližnjeg naselja,

and then were quickly handed over to Indonesian water police.

i ubrzo smo predani indonežanskoj policiji.

At Serang Detention Center,

U pritvornom centru Sergan,

an immigration officer came and furtively strip-searched us.

imigracijski časnik je došao i skrivećki nas je pretražio.

He took our mobile, my $300 cash,

Uzeo je moj mobitel, mojih 300$ u gotovini,

our shoes that we should not be able to escape,

i naše cipele kako ne bismo mogli pobjeći,

but we kept watching the guards, checking their movements,

ali nastavili smo pratiti naše čuvare, provjeravajući njihovo kretanje,

and around 4 a.m. when they sat around a fire,

i oko 4:00 ujutro kada su zasjeli oko vatre,

we removed two glass layers from an outside facing window

mi smo maknuli dvije razine stakla s vanjskog prozora

and slipped through.

i provukli se van.

We climbed a tree next to an outer wall that was topped with the shards of glass.

popeli smo se preko drvenog vanjskog zida koji je na vrhu imao zdrobljeno staklo.

We put the pillow on that

Na njega smo stavili jastuke

and wrapped our forearms with bedsheets

a oko ruku smo zamotali plahte

and climbed the wall,

i popeli se preko zida,

and we ran away with bare feet.

i pobjegli smo bosonogi.

I was free,

Bio sam slobodan,

with an uncertain future,

s nesigurnom budućnošću,

no money.

i bez novca.

The only thing I had was the memory card with the pictures and footage.

Sve što sam imao bila je memorijska kartica sa slikama i snimkama.

When my documentary was aired on SBS Dateline,

Kada je moj dokumentarac prikazan na SBS Dateline,

many of my friends came to know about my situation,

mnogi moji prijatelji su saznali za moju situaciju

and they tried to help me.

i pokušali su mi pomoći.

They did not allow me to take any other boat to risk my life.

Nisu mi dozvolili da ponovno uzmem neki drugi brod i riskiram život.

I also decided to stay in Indonesia and process my case through UNHCR,

Također sam odlučio ostati u Indoneziji i procesuirati moj slučaj kroz UNHCR,

but I was really afraid that I would end up in Indonesia

ali stvarno sam se bojao kako ću završiti u Indoneziji

for many years doing nothing and unable to work,

na dugi niz godina bez mogućnosti da nešto radim,

like every other asylum seeker.

kao i svaki drugi tražitelj azila.

But it had happened to be a little bit different with me.

Ali dogodilo se da moj slučaj bude nešto drugačiji.

I was lucky.

Bio sam sretnik.

My contacts worked to expedite my case through UNHCR,

Moji kontakti su ubrzali moj slučaj kod UNHCR-a,

and I got resettled in Australia in May 2013.

i dobio sam preseljenje u Australiju u svibnju 2013.

Not every asylum seeker is lucky like me.

Nije svaki azilant sretnik poput mene.

It is really difficult to live a life with an uncertain fate, in limbo.

Stvarno je teško živjeti život s nesigurnom sudbinom, u limbu.

The issue of asylum seekers in Australia

Problem s tražiteljima azila u Australiji

has been so extremely politicized

je toliko ekstremno ispolitiziran

that it has lost its human face.

da je izgubio ljudsko lice.

The asylum seekers have been demonized and then presented to the people.

Tražitelji azila su demonizirani i kao takvi predstvaljeni javnosti.

I hope my story and the story of other Hazaras

Nadam se kako ćemo moja priča i priče drugih Hazara

could shed some light to show the people

baciti malo svjetla koje će prikazati ljude

how these people are suffering in their countries of origin,

koji pate u svojim domovinama,

and how they suffer,

i kako pate,

why they risk their lives to seek asylum.

zašto riskiraju svoj život tražeći azil.

Thank you.

Hvala vam.

(Pljesak)

(Applause)