The Centre for Democracy and Economic Development Initiatives (CDEDI) has disowned a letter circulating on various social media platforms purportedly issued by it addressed to the Minister of Homeland Security, Richard Chimwendo Banda, in relation to refugees and asylum seekers in Malawi.
CDEDI executive director Sylvester Namiwa, through a statement issued on Tuesday, says his organization has lodged an official complaint with the Malawi Police Service (MPS), at the
Namiwa- has disowned the letter
Lilongwe Police station, in Area 3, and that investigations have already commenced to trace the authors of the fake letter.
The bogus CDEDI wrote the Minister of Homeland Security, Richard Chimwendo Banda, asking him to speed-up with the process of removing all refugees, who are operating various businesses in the country’s townships.
CDEDI unhappy with stoking hatred against refugees, asylum seekers
CDEDI unhappy with stoking hatred against refugees, asylum seekers
LILONGWE-(MaraviPost)-The country’s human rights watchdog Centre for Democracy and Economic Development Initiatives (CDEDI) on Tuesday, July 2021 expressed sadness over some Malawians over stoking hatred against refugees and asylum seekers.
CDEDI executive director Sylvester Namiwa told the news conference in the capital Lilongwe that such pronouncements could cause refugees and asylum seekers to start living in fear.
Namiwa was reacting to fake a letter purportedly authored by CDEDI and addressed to the Homeland Security Minister, Hon. Richard Chimwendo Banda, called on the government to speed up the process of relocating refugees to Dzaleka Refugees Camp. The authors of the letter warned that they would occupy houses of the refugees.
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