HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — It is 4 a.m. and people are already lining up outside Zimbabwe’s main passport office — four hours ahead of opening time — in hopes of securing a passport that will allow them to escape their country’s dearth of opportunities and search for work abroad.

Several million Zimbabweans left for South Africa and other countries during past economic turmoil. Now, a year after the re-election of longtime leader Robert Mugabe, the country is facing new financial hardships.