Kusan mutane 20 daga tawagar ƙungiyar ƙwallon ƙafa ta matasa ta Habasha — 'yan wasa masu shekaru tsakanin 14 zuwa 17, tare da aƙalla jami'in ƙungiya ɗaya — sun bace a Sweden bayan shiga gasar Gothia Cup da aka gudanar a Gothenburg.

Wani mai gudanar da makarantar ya buga ƙararrawa a ƙarshen ranar gasar, bayan ya gano cewa ƙungiyar Habasha, wadda take zaune a makarantar, ta tafi ba tare da sanar da kowa ba. Masu shirya Gothia Cup sun sanar da 'yan sanda, waɗanda suka bude bincike game da mutanen da suka ɓace.

Hukumomin Sweden sun tabbatar da cewa rukunin bai koma Habasha ba. 'Yan sanda sun bayyana ɓacewa a matsayin zaɓi na son rai, ba tare da wani shaida na aikata laifi ba.

"Babu wata alama da ke nuna cewa akwai wani abu ba bisa ƙa'ida ba a bayan wannan, kamar fataucin mutane ko abubuwan da suka yi kama da haka," in ji Ellinor Halldin na sashin 'yan sanda mai kula da mutanen da suka ɓace a Yankin Yamma.

Yanayi da ke maimaita kansa a gasar matasa ta Turai

Ɓacewa da matasan ƙwallon ƙafa na Afirka ke yi bayan gasar ƙasa da ƙasa ta matasa a Turai ba sabuwar al'amari ba ce. Gasar da ake yi a wannan nahiya tana ba da hanya ta musamman kuma ta doka don fita daga ƙasashen da ke da tsauraran dokokin siyasa ko matsalolin tattalin arziki, inda samun biza da keɓancewar filayen gasar suke sauƙaƙa ɓacewa da gangan.

Gothia Cup — wadda ake ɗauka a ko'ina a matsayin babbar gasar ƙwallon ƙafa ta matasa ta duniya — a tarihi tana zama wurin da matasan 'yan wasa ke neman mafaka bayan shiga gasar.

Eritrea ce ke da mafi yawan tarihin da aka rubuta na wannan al'amari. Tilas da ba shi da iyaka na shiga soja a ƙasar ya haifar da lokuta da yawa na 'yan wasa ɓace yayin gasar ƙasashen waje. Matsalar ta tsananta har gwamnatin Eritrea ta buƙaci 'yan wasa su ajiye babban kuɗin tabbaci kafin a ba su izinin tafiya ƙasashen duniya.

Barazanar ci gaba da ɓacewa ta sa Eritrea a ƙarshe ta cire ƙungiyar ƙasarta gaba ɗaya daga zagayen neman cancanta na FIFA World Cup 2026, tana fargabar cewa 'yan wasa za su ɓace yayin wasannin da ake yi a ƙasa mai tsaka-tsaki a ƙasashen waje.

An kuma rubuta wasu lokuta masu kama da haka, a ɗan lokaci-lokaci, da suka shafi wakilcin matasa daga Afirka ta Yamma da ta Gabas, a gasar bazara daban-daban ta ƙasashen Scandinavia a tsawon shekaru, inda sauƙin yanayin wucewa da filayen buɗe ke samar da damar ɓacewa.