MSF Expands Humanitarian Assistance To Nyamapanda In Support Of Malawians

Thousands of migrants have left South Africa following targeted violence by anti-migrant groups after an unofficial June 30 deadline imposed by some groups calling for undocumented migrants to leave the country. The pressure has not eased, with anti-migrant groups continuing their campaigns to push migrants out of South Africa. In Zimbabwe, Doctors Without Borders (MSF)’s emergency migration response has expanded beyond Beitbridge to Nyamapanda, a border crossing in north-eastern Zimbabwe connecting the country with Mozambique and serving as an important transit point for people travelling onwards to Malawi. The expansion came one month after MSF began supporting people arriving at the Beitbridge Reception Centre, where the organisation initially responded to the humanitarian and medical needs of people returning to Zimbabwe. As movement patterns evolved, MSF extended its response to Nyamapanda to support Malawians passing through Zimbabwe on their journey home via the Nyamapanda border.