More than 7,000 Mozambican refugees in Malawi arrive in the country

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More than 7,000 Mozambican refugees in Malawi arrive in the country

8:37 CAT | 03 Mar 2025

File photo: O País

The repatriation of more than seven thousand Mozambicans from the districts of Morrumbala in Zambézia and Mutarara and Dôa in Tete, who were refugees in Nsanje and Chikwawa, southern Malawi, began this Saturday.

The evacuation of people should have started last Thursday, but the Mozambican authorities were forced to postpone the process due to the rising flow of the Shire River, which made it unsafe for navigation from Malawi to Mozambique.

The repatriation, which could be completed by the end of Sunday, is being led by Mozambique’s National Institute for Disaster Risk Reduction and Management (INGD), together with its Malawian counterpart, and several other refugee-related organizations.

The director of the Prevention and Mitigation Division at INGD, César Tembe, guarantees that the conditions for assistance to Mozambicans have been created.

“Families who, for whatever reason, may not have a habitable home, will set up tents and will stay there temporarily while other conditions are created. We have also repositioned other types of assistance goods such as blankets and mosquito nets, which will also be able to support families so that they can get back on their feet, once they are back in the country,” said João Nhambessa, administrator of the Morrumbala district in Zambézia, who assured that conditions have been created to welcome families back to their areas of origin. And because Mozambicans have taken refuge in Malawi due to the wave of violent demonstrations that resulted in the destruction of public and private property, they are asking the government to strengthen security measures in their places of origin when they say goodbye.

They also call for dialogue between the parties in order to put an end to this wave of violence.

Source: RM