How is Africa responding to internal refugees and economic migrants?

Published: June 16, 2023, 1 a.m.

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\\u201cPeople come here as asylum seekers and their intention is not to stay as asylum seekers. They are actually here to run small businesses, and that\\u2019s illegal\\u201d\\n \\nIn recent years, Malawi and South Africa have been facing similar challenges relating to asylum seekers.\\n \\nPeople are flocking into Malawi to seek refuge, fleeing conflict in the DRC and other troubled parts of the continent.\\n \\nIn May, the government of that country arrested nearly a thousand refugees and sent them back to a camp specifically set up to house them.\\n \\nAt the same time, South Africa is tightening its immigration rules and regulations in the small business sector.\\n \\nThat\\u2019s because some asylum seekers have been breaking the country\\u2019s laws by setting up businesses without the relevant immigration documents.

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