Xenophobic Attacks: Malawian Gov’t Repatriates Displaced Nationals From South Africa - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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September 19, 2019
The Malawian Government announcedthat it had hired two buses to repatriate nationals, who were displaced,following xenophobic attacks on foreigners in South Africa.
The Secretary for the Department ofDisaster Management Affairs, Wilson Moleni said in a statement that therepatriated Malawians would be back home on Thursday.
Moleni said the repatriation wasdecided after the government received a report from the Malawi High Commissionin South Africa that 113 Malawians had been displaced.
The secretary said the displacedMalawians were being kept in temporary shelters set by the South Africa’sdisaster management authorities in Katlehong town, 35 kilometres east ofJohannesburg.
He added out of the one hundred andthirteen displaced Malawians, 76 expressed willingness to return home.