50 Malawi nationals languish in Zim prisons

ABOUT 50 Malawians have been languishing in Zimbabwean prisons for more than three months due to lack of funds to repatriate them.

The majority of the immigrants were arrested while en route to South Africa.

Zimbabwe, unlike most of its neighbours such as South Africa, does not have holding facilities for immigrants awaiting deportation, meaning that illegal immigrants are kept in prisons.

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