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Picture belonging to the article: Rex Chikoko/IRIN
Medeliya Ludaviko and her family outside
their temporary shelter in Kasipe Village
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BLANTYRE, 4 March 2014 (IRIN) - Since
mid-January, an estimated 2,000 people have fled fighting between the
government and former rebels in Mozambique, spilling into neighbouring Malawi,
but they are yet to receive assistance as the Malawian government and the UN
Refugee Agency (UNHCR) remain in disagreement about their status as asylum
seekers.
UNCHR country representative George Kuchio
said that his agency was ready to provide assistance but that the government
had classified the new arrivals as returning Malawians.
