‘We Sleep on Empty Stomachs’: The Refugees Abandoned by the Global Aid Freeze

Magambi Says Severe Funding Shortages Is Forcing Refugees To Leave The Camp

By Vincent Gunde Executive Director of Inua Advocacy, an organization that is working for the plight of refugees and asylum seekers at Dzaleka Refugee Camp in Dowa district Innocent Magambi, says while Malawi’s laws currently require refugees to remain in designated camps unless authorized to leave, the sentencing of six refugees must be understood. Magambi was giving his reaction after the Magistrate Court in Lilongwe sentenced six refugees to …

‘We sleep on empty stomachs’: The refugees abandoned by the global aid freeze

In the drastically overcrowded Dzaleka Refugee Camp, food rations have been cut to zero. As Malawi swings from severe drought to catastrophic flooding, the humanitarian safety net is buckling under the strain, writes our contributor JACK MCBRAMS. In Dzaleka Refugee Camp, the queues have not disappeared. Hunger has not disappeared. Only the money has. A bird’s view of Dzaleka, Malawi’s sole refugee camp Last month, refugees gathered for what many…

Refugees flee camp as aid crisis bites

This article was originally published on Malawi24, Malawi's #1 independent news platform. Worsening funding shortages and deteriorating living conditions are reportedly forcing many refugees to leave Dzaleka Refugee Camp in Dowa in search of survival. The growing crisis came into sharp focus after a Lilongwe Magistrate Court sentenced six refugees to six months’ imprisonment with hard labour for leaving the camp without exit permits and settling…