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Ethiopia, Somalia Refugees refused entry in Zimbabwe
08 Aug 2011 at 13:43hrs | Views
Refugees from Ethiopia and Somalia are now being refused entry at the Nyamapanda Border Post.
The border post is with Zimbabwe's poor neighbour, Mozambique.
The Ethiopian refugees have now been accompanied by some from Somalia, which is facing a serious food and humanitarian crisis.
The international community is already asking countries to support them.
A visit by this Reporter to Juru growth point showed that there were no more refugees entering Zimbabwe from the border post because they were now being refused entry.
"We have not seen any of them coming this way," a resident at Juru Growth Point said in an exclusive interview.
"Last month there were hundreds entering Zimbabwe from Nyamapanda but this figure has now gone down." He said they were being refused entry by the authorities at the border post.
The South African government recently also announced that as of the beginning of August it would begin to deport Zimbabweans from that country.
It also said it would no longer allow refugees entering its country which is wealthy according to African standards.
The number of migrants is increasing in Zimbabwe and South Africa whose economies are currently ticking.
The humanitarian world said at least 7 200 people have already arrived in Zimbabwe en-route to South Africa from the Horn of Africa.
Meanwhile, Zimbabwe's leading mobile phone operator, Econet Wireless has launched a fund-raising campaign code named 'Save a child and heal a nation' to help the people of Somalia who are facing hunger.
Econet which has over four million subscribers appealed to their customers to contribute to assist Somalians by using their short message service that is directed to "Save a Life" in the east African nation. The mobile network did not mention how much it is targeting to go towards saving lives in Somalia.
"We are for a world where everyone has easy access to life's basic necessities. As a socially-responsible global communications organisation, we owe it to the world, to assist those in need. We are therefore, appealing to you, to join us to raise funds to help feed over 3,7 million Somali people, who are facing severe food shortages, due to drought," Econet said in a statement.
"For every sms (short message send) that you send towards 'Save a Life', Econet will donate towards the cause. Together we can make a life-saving donation."
The cost of a single sms towards the 'Save a child and heal nation' fund costs $0.50, Econet Wireless said.
Econet Wireless follows another group of Zimbabweans, the Zimbabwe-Somalia Solidarity Fund which has been looking for small contributions targeting to raise US$ 1000 towards helping Somalians who have been struggling in their war torn country.
Zimbabwe-Somalia Solidarity Fund will forward the contributions to the United Nations Childrens Fund (Unicef).
The border post is with Zimbabwe's poor neighbour, Mozambique.
The Ethiopian refugees have now been accompanied by some from Somalia, which is facing a serious food and humanitarian crisis.
The international community is already asking countries to support them.
A visit by this Reporter to Juru growth point showed that there were no more refugees entering Zimbabwe from the border post because they were now being refused entry.
"We have not seen any of them coming this way," a resident at Juru Growth Point said in an exclusive interview.
"Last month there were hundreds entering Zimbabwe from Nyamapanda but this figure has now gone down." He said they were being refused entry by the authorities at the border post.
The South African government recently also announced that as of the beginning of August it would begin to deport Zimbabweans from that country.
It also said it would no longer allow refugees entering its country which is wealthy according to African standards.
The humanitarian world said at least 7 200 people have already arrived in Zimbabwe en-route to South Africa from the Horn of Africa.
Meanwhile, Zimbabwe's leading mobile phone operator, Econet Wireless has launched a fund-raising campaign code named 'Save a child and heal a nation' to help the people of Somalia who are facing hunger.
Econet which has over four million subscribers appealed to their customers to contribute to assist Somalians by using their short message service that is directed to "Save a Life" in the east African nation. The mobile network did not mention how much it is targeting to go towards saving lives in Somalia.
"We are for a world where everyone has easy access to life's basic necessities. As a socially-responsible global communications organisation, we owe it to the world, to assist those in need. We are therefore, appealing to you, to join us to raise funds to help feed over 3,7 million Somali people, who are facing severe food shortages, due to drought," Econet said in a statement.
"For every sms (short message send) that you send towards 'Save a Life', Econet will donate towards the cause. Together we can make a life-saving donation."
The cost of a single sms towards the 'Save a child and heal nation' fund costs $0.50, Econet Wireless said.
Econet Wireless follows another group of Zimbabweans, the Zimbabwe-Somalia Solidarity Fund which has been looking for small contributions targeting to raise US$ 1000 towards helping Somalians who have been struggling in their war torn country.
Zimbabwe-Somalia Solidarity Fund will forward the contributions to the United Nations Childrens Fund (Unicef).
Source - RadioVop
