The (Tanzania) Refugees Act of 1998

Some Legal and Policy Implications

Datos Bibliográficos

ID12212133
AutoresKhoti Chilomba Kamanga (University of Dar es Salaam, autor de correspondencia), K Kamanga
Año2005
Volumen18
Número1
Páginas100-116
Fecha de publicación2005-02-15
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of Refugee Studies (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0951-6328 • E-ISSN: 1471-6925
EditorialOxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1093/jrs/18.1.100
OpenAlexW2017080391
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas19

Tanzania hosts large numbers of refugees (nearly 630,000 in April 2004 by Government count). It shares borders with Burundi, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, Rwanda and Uganda within the Great Lakes Region (GLR), a powder keg of forced displacement. Nearly three quarters of the 4.8 million ‘persons of concern to UNHCR’ found in Africa in 2003 are in the GLR. In examining the determinants and implications of the Refugees Act of 1998 of Tanzania, an opportunity is provided to gain an insight into how a pre-eminent country of asylum is responding to challenges of refugee protection and assistance. Secondly, is the possibility to assess the extent to which Tanzania has remained faithful to the ‘Open Door Policy’ for which the country earned international recognition through the Nansen Award in 1983. And lastly, how successfully has the legislation responded to the country's international obligations

Democracy · Development economics · Displaced person · Economic growth · Economics · Forced migration · Geography · Government (linguistics · Internally displaced person · Legislation · Political science · Politics · Refugee · Socioeconomics · Sociology · Tanzania · Asian Geopolitics and Ethnography · Global Peace and Security Dynamics · Migration, Refugees, and Integration · Law