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"About Half A Million Zimbabweans Forced To Return Home," - IOM

1 year agoSat, 21 May 2022 04:21:44 GMT
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"About Half A Million Zimbabweans Forced To Return Home," - IOM

The latest International Organisation for Migration (IOM) report says an estimated half a million Zimbabwean immigrants in foreign lands were forced to return home since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic.

There are no exact statistics on the number of Zimbabweans outside the country, but estimates put the figure at about three million.

Reports show that Zimbabwean immigrants in South Africa suffered the brunt of the effects of that country’s extended lockdown, which left many with no sources of income.

NewsDay reports that a number of Zimbabweans registered to be repatriated back home.

The IOM annual report for 2022 reads in part:

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By the end of 2021, over 472 409 migrants had returned to Zimbabwe since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. Most of these returnees were arriving in communities with limited means to cater for them.

IOM continues to support government efforts to strengthen migration management capacities, implement protection and recovery projects, respond to natural disasters and other emergencies causing displacements and improve health outcomes of migrants and migration affected communities.

This is a blow to the southern African country considering that diaspora remittances constitute a huge percentage of the country’s foreign currency inflows.

Many families might plunge into poverty as they heavily rely on their relatives in the diaspora for income.

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