Javier Firpo
08/11/2021 12:05 PM
Clarín.com
Society
Updated 08/11/2021 12:05
The entry quota to Argentina increased this week from
1,000 to 1,700 people
per day until September 5, a measure that does not provide solutions quickly. "It is as if I told you that a hospital went from having 10 to 14 intensive care beds. It would be worse, it is true, but
the equation does not change much for the stranded
, who instead of returning three months later than planned, They will, hopefully, in two months ", diagnoses Mariano Medina, one of the headlines of Your Travel Agency, who on Instagram reports on current affairs in travel and tourism.
From
Iberia
, for example, they report that the flights available for August, from Spain to our country, "are full and there
would only be seats for October or November
, because the waiting list is endless."
Situation that despairs the different Argentines who are unable to return, such as Emilia Galloso, a 21-year-old law student, who traveled to Barcelona for a scholarship to study English for three weeks and was scheduled to return on August 1.
"I came with just enough money, my parents had a hard time paying for the trip and today
I don't have a penny to eat
... literally," he graphs.
"My parents paid for the residence where I am but they no longer have a penny to give me, which generates great anguish for all of us," says Emilia.
Uncertainty shakes Emilia, who is from the Buenos Aires city of Azul, and the trip was intended to "partially repair" or "distract"
the loss of a pregnancy
a few months ago.
"But all this I'm experiencing has brought me horrible feelings, fears and I feel like I have
panic attacks
because I'm adrift, without money and at the
Education First
residence
, where I studied English,
they are telling me that I have to go
. he helps in the Argentine consulate and they treat me with so little empathy that it causes rejection, "he says.
She was already dragging
depressive pictures
that deepened with the loss of her pregnancy and this trip came "like a patch", after three years of paying for it with great effort.
"Although I was not in my best moment, I decided to do it because the tertiary degree would serve me to present it at the UniCen (National University of the Center), where I study Law in Azul.
I made up my mind to come three weeks and that's it
, but this situation was never in the plans, "says the young woman who arrived in Spain on July 10 and implores to find a place before Saturday 14, the day she will have to leave the accommodation.
Ten days ago, when Emilia received the certificate of study in Education First.
"My head does not stop, I am bad because I see my parents who are distressed because they cannot help me anymore. I try not to worry them, but
my situation is very complicated
: I have two packages of sausages, one of noodles and
100 euros to do the PCR and the credit card exceeded the limit
. I do not leave the room of the residence and my psychiatrist from Argentina sent me a health certificate (he is a risk patient) to present it here to whoever is necessary, "says Emilia.
4000 dollars to return in September
Similar but different is the story of Oscar Cariola, who traveled to Barcelona with his wife Susana Martínez
for medical treatment for tinnitus, a ringing in his ears
and this destination was the only one possible to aspire to a cure.
"I was going crazy from the pain, I couldn't sleep, work, life was becoming unbearable for me," describes this 73-year-old engineer, business administration graduate and teacher from Buenos Aires.
Oscar Cariola (73) traveled for medical treatment to cure tinnitus, together with his wife Susana Martínez (58).
"At my age it is difficult to live in a two-by-two room."
Trying not to get into a situation that does not allow her to think, something that Cariola enjoys, she cannot help but be outraged.
"I came for a health issue and now being buoyant in the middle of the sea is really unpleasant, as much as the
Argentine consulate
, after asking for help,
send an email
suggesting that we go to a shelter for social assistance
where you have to queue for several days to get a place.
It really is embarrassing;
Instead of taking over, they kick the ball
. "
The return trip was scheduled for August 9 by Iberia and today
the date they are considering is October 12
. "If we want to return in September, Iberia informed us that we have to pay the business rate that costs $ 4,000 per head, something impossible. We are living in a hostel, in a two-by-two room, a minimum bathroom and
cooking clandestinely
in the The owner's kitchen. That is our reality. On top of that, we cannot continue giving classes from a distance, because in this hostel, due to a schedule issue, you cannot make noise ".
Cariola says that this situation of extreme tension affected her health.
"It made me regress the progress I had made during the medical treatment. In fact, the otolaryngologist stood firm and warned me that
if I don't calm down my condition will get worse
. I said: 'I'm Argentine, do you know what that means?' And he answered me that my disease -which appeared at the beginning of this year- has almost certainly to do with
the stress of living where we live,
"says the professional, who together with his wife were volunteers for the Pfizer vaccine in September 2020.
Susana Martínez and Oscar Cariola.
"The National Government acted arbitrarily, they are curtailing our rights."
Between anger, frustration and fatigue of "being aware of Argentina even when we are thousands of kilometers away. To think that we wanted to erase ourselves a little from our reality but our country is like an addiction, like a tick that sticks to you and you can't Get out ... I'm very hot because they cut off our rights, where did it happen! The Government acted arbitrarily and never explained why it promoted the restrictions, where did it get the number that
600 people could enter, how did they get to that number?
".
Four cancellations and 40 days of anxiety
For Marisa Yozzi (58) and Pablo Rodríguez, the lack of answers and the constant postponement "is emotionally devastating."
The couple, who live in Caballito, who traveled to Madrid in June and had a return date for July 1, already suffered four cancellations!
"How does this hold? We have
more than 40 days in this situation, we are eating the savings
and I, who never had symptoms, I am suffering a picture of anxiety that I was
I had to medicate
" does know Yozzi, you started taking Sertraline.
Marisa Yozzi (58) and Pablo Rodríguez (58) have already suffered four cancellations.
"It is very difficult to go through this situation."
"
Each cancellation is a different symptom
: first anxiety, then severe chest pain, then tachycardia, and the last was a feeling of confinement that made me want to run away," Marisa, who works in a pharmaceutical laboratory, reviews.
Pablo, her accountant husband, intervenes to try to calm his wife.
"They canceled our flight from July 1, which happened to July 13. We did the PCR,
90 euros each
, and a day before, we rang ... They rescheduled us for August 7, which was not approved by the ANAC and
today they canceled
the flight of August 29 ".
The Marisa tears, trying not to
fall apart dries, but could not hide his concern about the stay, work and also because it
has run its delicate elderly parents (89 and 90 years).
"Calling Iberia already causes me rejection, I cannot bear
that little music
, and that they have us
waiting
for
two hours
to know if there is availability, so that later they will offer you a
date for October or November
... It drives us crazy, you don't have an idea what harmful that it is. There is no right that they mistreat us so with impunity ", expresses the woman.
"This situation brought me health problems that I had never had: I am on psychiatric medication", says Marisa Yozzi.
Mariano Medina, the tour operator, recommends that "all purchases to go to or back to the country be made
through travel agencies
, which today are a source of accurate information on issues of documentation, vaccination, entry and exit requirements to the country, among other things, in addition to having
24-hour service
through WhatsApp, which implies more security against any mishap towards the passenger at the time of purchase. "
MG
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