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UNHCR Cuts Services, 57,000 Refugees Face Crisis

7/19/2025

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The UNHCR is scaling back operations at Malawi's Dzaleka Refugee Camp, impacting over 57,000 residents from the Great Lakes region. With a mere 12% of the required $26.3 million secured, vital services are slashed, plunging refugees like David Bin Wakandwa and Fazili Sulu into a desperate fight for survival amid uncertain futures.

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The UNHCR is scaling back operations at Malawi's Dzaleka Refugee Camp, impacting over 57,000 residents from the Great Lakes region. With a mere 12% of the required $26.3 million secured, vital services are slashed, plunging refugees like David Bin Wakandwa and Fazili Sulu into a desperate fight for survival amid uncertain futures.