Seven Somali illegal immigrants died in a road accident, on Wednesday, in the district of Guro, in the central Mozambican province of Manica.The seven foreigners, who, according to police, had fled from the Maratane Refugee Centre, in northern Nampula, were heading to the Cuchamano border post in Tete province, in order to enter Zimbabwe. “The seven immigrants died on the spot, when the front tyre of their vehicle, which was traveling at high speed, burst, in the early hours of Wednesday”, said Belmiro Mutadiua, police spokesperson in Manica. In accordance with Mutadiua, other people traveling in the vehicle survived and were treated at the Guro district hospital. They will be sent to the Agricultural Penitentiary in the Manica provincial capital, Chimoio, and will later be returned to Maratane. According to the management of the Maratane Centre, Somali and Ethiopian asylum seekers usually only stay in the centre for two or three days, rather than the three months set by law for individual evaluation and screening for refugee status.When they manage to leave the centre in most cases they head south to Zimbabwe and South Africa.
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