Scores of refugees and asylum seekers from war-torn African nations who have been living in Malawi for decades are returning to their native countries due to a voluntary repatriation program the government is running in conjunction with the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR).

Around 53 000 refugees and asylum seekers from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Rwanda, Burundi, Ethiopia, Eritrea and Somalia have been living in the Dzaleka Refugee Camp in central Malawi since the 1990s.

For more on this, Ahmed Abdi Bashir, Associate Protection Officer for UNHCR in Malawi...

Scores of refugees and asylum seekers from war-torn African nations who have been living in Malawi for decades are returning to their native countries due to a voluntary repatriation program the government is running in conjunction with the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR).
Around 53 000 refugees and asylum seekers from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Rwanda, Burundi, Ethiopia, Eritrea and Somalia have been living in the Dzaleka Refugee Camp in central Malawi since the 1990s.
For more on this, Ahmed Abdi Bashir, Associate Protection Officer for UNHCR in Malawi...