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3. Facilitate local acceptance of refugees and harmony between refugees and local population by advocacy and introducing projects
beneficial to the two groups;
4. To facilitate freedom of external movement through issuance of
travel documents recognized by the International Civil Aviation
Association by early 2012; and
5. To promote self reliance among refugees through facilitating income-generating activities in designated areas, employment of
rarely skilled refugees and issuing of Business Residence Permits
authorizing refugees to operate businesses outside designated areas in accordance with the trade laws.
B. Pledges relating to the withdrawal of reservations
The Government of the Republic of Malawi pledges to:
1. Revisit and, if necessary, withdraw its reservations entered on certain articles in the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees on:
1.1 Article 22 Public education
The reservation on this article is only on paper.
a. Refugee children pay no school fees from grade one to
grade eight as is the case with nationals;
b. Refugee Secondary School Students are treated as their
Malawian counterparts. Refugee students do not pay
more than nationals; and
c. Only in higher education are refugees students treated as
foreign nationals, due to limited space.
1.2 Article 26 Choice of residence and freedom of movement
The reservation on choice of residence and freedom of movement
will be revisited in the light of the following:
a. The designated area is an open camp. Refugees are allowed to leave the camp with permits from the Camp Administrator or from the Ministry Headquarters;
b. Some refugees with rare skills like Doctors, Nurses, University Lecturers, Secondary School Teachers and Engineers,
etc., are allowed to reside outside designated area.
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