Mozambique urges refugees in Malawi to return home

BLANTYRE, MALAWI — 

Mozambican authorities person assured thousands of refugees who fled to Malawi pursuing the caller post-election unrest that bid has been restored successful their state and that they are invited to instrumentality home.

Officials from Mozambique's Institute of Disaster Management Affairs made the remark Friday during a sojourn to the Nyamithuthu exile campy successful Nsanje district, which hosts asylum seekers from Mozambique.

Luisa Celma Meque, the caput of the Institute of Disaster Management Affairs successful Mozambique, thanked the Malawi authorities for taking attraction of asylum-seekers from her country.

"On behalf of our President Daniel Francisco Chapo, we are sending our connection of acknowledgment from the authorities of Mozambique, and we admit each the effort of the authorities of Malawi," said Meque. "The 2nd connection is for our brothers here. We are doing each efforts indispensable for them to instrumentality location arsenic soon arsenic possible"

Thousands of Mozambicans person fled to Malawi to flight unit triggered by the disputed October statesmanlike election.

Hilda Katema Kausiwa, the elder administrative and operations manager for the Department of Refugees successful Malawi, said the screening and registration of refugees continues.

"Today, arsenic the Department of Refugees, we person registered a full of 3,640 households, representing 7,456 people," said Kausiwa. "As of yesterday, we had finished registration successful Mwanza, Neno arsenic good arsenic Mulanje [districts] which were further sites that we had not gone to surface and registry unneurotic with migration [officers]."

Kausiwa said her section has received nary caller asylum-seekers from Mozambique truthful far.

Meque of the Institute of Disaster Management Affairs successful Mozambique said bid has returned to the country.

Malawian authorities said they are struggling to supply for refugees due to the fact that the concern comes astatine a clip erstwhile much than a 4th of Malawi's 20 cardinal radical look nutrient shortages owed to an El Nino-induced drought.

However, during the visit, the Mozambican delegation donated nutrient to the refugees.

Kausiwa of the Department of Refugees successful Malawi, appreciated the donation.

"And successful the package, determination is immoderate rice, maize flour, brackish and immoderate beans," said Kausiwa. "These are captious foods that tin beryllium provided to the assemblage noting that nutrient has been a situation since these radical started coming."

But Mozambican accepted person Reymond Commando of the Mulili country said the refugees would lone instrumentality if determination was factual impervious of their safety.

He said they fled to Malawi to flight being killed and chased from their homes "like animals."

Plataforma Decide, a monitoring radical successful Mozambique, said successful December that much than 200 radical person been killed since post-election protests started successful October.