Africa-Press – Malawi. Small Scale Business Operators Association (SSBOA) on Thursday, December 15, 2022 petitioned Malawi Parliament to question Minister of Homeland failure for the repatriation of refugees and asylum seekers.
Presenting the petition Secretary General for the grouping,Tennyson Mulimbula said the Homeland Minister,Jean Sendeza has miserably failed to bring any tangible solutions to suffering of indigenous small scale traders whose businesses have been pathetically squeezed by the influx of the refugees.
Mulimbula said the grouping wants foreign investors who can come to Malawi and establish companies and reduce a huge gap of job scarcity. He said the presence of the refugees, Asylum seekers and illegal migrants who are trekking into Malawi on daily basis is a big threat to our economy, culture and national security.
Milumbula said the dialogue with government through Homeland Minister has yielded nothing hence petitioning the August house. He therefore urged lawnakers to take the matter seriously and implement the relocation exercise as soon as possible before the grouping will be tempted to take the law into their own hands.
Receiving the petition, Mulanje Bale legislator Victor Musowa promised to bring the petition to the August house as it is a matter of agent inline with a grenade blast last night at Dzaleka camp as it is an issue to do with security. Malawi government set February 2023 as deadline for relocation of refugees and asylum seekers to Dzaleka Refugee Camp in Dowa.
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