Zayine Dana is a 27-year-old man from Ethiopia who entered Malawi in April, 2014.

He had left Ethiopia because of the food crisis and general poverty. He wanted to go to South Africa to look for a job. His friends, who were already in South Africa, sent him money for the journey. He left Ethiopia by bus and went through Kenya, Tanzania and then onward to Malawi where he was arrested for illegally entering the country.

After his arrest, he was sentenced to 9 months in prison and shipped to Maula.

Although his sentence was supposed to have ended in June, he was still being held in July.

