For security reasons the author, a resident of the Dzaleka refugee camp, has asked to remain anonymous. DZALEKA REFUGEE CAMP, MalawiAlmost two weeks after the Malawian army raided the Dzaleka refugee camp to uproot people smuggling gangs, there’s still a good deal of support for the action, but it's tinged with worry that these powerful networks may simply reestablish themselves. Tens of thousands make the trip to South Africa each year, where they typically find work in the informal shops of friends and relatives. Although there are many routes and countless networks involved in transporting people out of the Horn of Africa to South Africa, Dzaleka is a major hub. The fee to transport somebody illegally from Ethiopia all the way to South Africa is roughly $4,800 per person.