Mozambique war cause influx of war fleeing nationals into Zim

The continuing civil war in the neighbouring Mozambique has seen Zimbabwe receiving a huge influx of Mozambicans entering Zimbabwe fleeing the war to seek refugee in Zimbabwe.

This was revealed by Defence Minister Sydney Sekeramayi in parliament.

"The situation that we have is that inside Zimbabwe, we have got peace all over and that is something to be very proud of.  Along our border with Mozambique there are cases of people or rebels, to put it bluntly, who are fighting against primarily the Mozambican Government and not against Zimbabwe.  As you know, whenever there is conflict, there is a lot of movement by people running away from being assaulted seeking refugee status in areas which they consider to be safe," he said.

"So what we have along our eastern border with Mozambique is a process of people leaving Mozambique coming to seek safety and refuge in Zimbabwe.From a purely security point of view, we do not regard that border as a major threat to our security but as we have said before, if a situation should arise requiring us to take action, we will not be found wanting and if that situation does arise, we will let the people of Zimbabwe know and we will take the necessary police and military steps to defend our border, people and the rest of our country."