Malawi arrests refugees

Malawian police arrested 42 Ethiopians in the capital Lilongwe, as they tried to flee to South Africa. Immigration Department spokesman, Elack Banda, said the refugees had fled the UNHCR-Malawi government-run Dzaleka Refugee Camp in the central district of Dowa. They were traced to the city’s populous Kawale suburb, where they were hiding between sacks of unprocessed tobacco loaded in a truck destined for South Africa.