Malawi’s plans to send over 5000 young people to engage in agricultural work in Israel despite the criticism President Lazarus Chakwera and his administration got for dispatching 221 young Malawians last weekend.
"We are looking at an initial figure of around 5,000, that's what we are targeting now," Malawi Information Minister Moses Kunkuyu told the BBC Newsday programme earlier today.
The minister defended the much-criticised move, saying that it was part of the government's ongoing program of providing employment to young people locally and abroad.
"This has been happening in Malawi for decades and we've been exporting young people to countries in Africa and outside Africa," Mr Kunkuyu added.
In a statement Malawian opposition leader Kondwani Nankhumwa said “Sending people to a war-torn country like Israel, where some countries are withdrawing their labour is something unheard of.”
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