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Corrine Chin and a group of other Northwestern students travelled to Dzaleka camp in the winter of 2010. Below is a short video of their first day in the camp. More information can be found at www.refugeelives.org.

Malawi Refugee population swells in Malawi The country has hosted war refugees for decades, with a peak in the late 1980s and early 1990. As war continues in some countries in Africa’s Great Lakes Region, the number of people seeking refuge in Malawi has risen more than tenfold in just under five years. Charles Banda Malawi’s Commissioner for Disaster Preparedness, Relief and Rehabilitation Lucius Chikuni said the refugee population was about 900 in June 1998, but it has now risen ...