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Location name | Source | Data date | Population | |
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Nyarugusu Camp | UNHCR, Government | 29 Feb 2024 | 56.6% | 137,416 |
Nduta | UNHCR, Government | 29 Feb 2024 | 26.6% | 64,588 |
Other | UNHCR, Government | 29 Feb 2024 | 8.9% | 21,507 |
Katumba | UNHCR, Government | 29 Feb 2024 | 4.5% | 10,844 |
Ulyankulu | UNHCR, Government | 29 Feb 2024 | 2.0% | 4,907 |
Mishamo | UNHCR, Government | 29 Feb 2024 | 1.3% | 3,199 |
Dar es Salaam | UNHCR, Government | 29 Feb 2024 | 0.1% | 331 |
Chogo | UNHCR, Government | 29 Feb 2024 | 0.1% | 150 |
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\r\nAs of 29 February 2024, the country hosted 242,942 refugees and asylum-seekers, mainly from Burundi and DR Congo. Some 83 percent of the refugees in Tanzania live in two camps located in the country\u2019s Northwestern region of Kigoma (Nduta and Nyarugusu Camps). \r\n
\r\nUNHCR supports the Government in discharging its international obligations, fulfilling the Agency\u2019s core objectives to provide refugees and asylum seekers with international protection and seek durable solutions to their situations. The Agency works primarily with the Ministry of Home Affairs, its direct government counterpart in Tanzania, and maintains partnerships critical to effective operations with other Government Ministries and NGO partners.\r\n
\r\nUNHCR works closely with other UN agencies through the UN Development Assistance Plan under the Resilience Thematic Results Group. In line with the aspirations of the Global Compact for Refugees, UNHCR also supports the United Nations Kigoma Joint Programme. This is an area-based programme with an increased focus on supporting host communities and strengthening the link between humanitarian and development initiatives in the region.\r\n","text_language_es":"","text_language_fr":"","async":"1","type":"country","widget_id":502825,"position":"right","locale":"es","title":"Overview","subtitle":"","text":"Since its independence, Tanzania has had a long history of generosity in hosting refugees. The country has consistently been at the forefront of regional peacebuilding efforts, allowing thousands of refugees to return home safely as well as championing other durable solutions. \r\n
\r\nAs of 29 February 2024, the country hosted 242,942 refugees and asylum-seekers, mainly from Burundi and DR Congo. Some 83 percent of the refugees in Tanzania live in two camps located in the country\u2019s Northwestern region of Kigoma (Nduta and Nyarugusu Camps). \r\n
\r\nUNHCR supports the Government in discharging its international obligations, fulfilling the Agency\u2019s core objectives to provide refugees and asylum seekers with international protection and seek durable solutions to their situations. The Agency works primarily with the Ministry of Home Affairs, its direct government counterpart in Tanzania, and maintains partnerships critical to effective operations with other Government Ministries and NGO partners.\r\n
\r\nUNHCR works closely with other UN agencies through the UN Development Assistance Plan under the Resilience Thematic Results Group. In line with the aspirations of the Global Compact for Refugees, UNHCR also supports the United Nations Kigoma Joint Programme. This is an area-based programme with an increased focus on supporting host communities and strengthening the link between humanitarian and development initiatives in the region.\r\n","country":{},"geo_id":217,"sv_id":0}]
Date of Funding Data | 19 March 2024 (3 months ago) |
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Tanzania Country Refugee Response Plan (RRP) 2019-2020
Tanzania Country Refugee Response Plan (RRP) 2019-2020Publish date: 18 March 2019
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Burundi Regional Refugee Response Plan 2019-2020
Burundi Regional Refugee Response Plan (RRRP) 2019-2020Publish date: 21 December 2018
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Tanzania (United Republic of) - Burundi Situation
Over 300,000 refugees have fled Burundi to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda since April 2015. The situation in Burundi remains complex; while refugees continue to arrive throughout the region, others are deciding to return home. The Burundi refugee response remains one of the most underfunding refugee situations in the world.
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Tanzania (United Republic of) - DRC Situation
The on-going conflicts in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have caused and continue to cause internal and external displacement of populations. In 2017, some 100,000 Congolese fled to neighbouring countries as refugees, due to widespread militia activities, unrest and violence, joining the 585,000 already in exile. The security conditions in DRC, especially in the eastern and central parts have continued to worsen since the beginning of 2018. Because of this, the Congolese refugee population is now among the ten largest in the world. Nearly 55 per cent are children, many crossing borders unaccompanied or separated. Existing camps and sites in many asylum countries are saturated, and available basic services are stretched to the limit. The situation requires support, adequate resources and collaboration so that effective protection and assistance can be delivered efficiently to Congolese refugees.
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Tanzania (United Republic of) - Eradication of Statelessness in the East and Horn of Africa, and the Great Lakes Region
Highlighting statelessness in the 12 Member States of the ICGLR, and what is being done to eradicate it. Media coverage, testimonies of stateless persons, reports on the issue and all documents pertaining to the Brazzaville Declaration process can be consulted in English, French, Portuguese and Arabic.
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Tanzania (United Republic of) - Regional Bureau for the East and Horn of Africa, and the Great Lakes Region
In September 2019, with the aim of bringing decision making closer to the point of delivery, UNHCR opened its Regional Bureau for the East, Horn of Africa and Great Lakes Region (EHAGL). It is located in Nairobi, Kenya and covers 11 operations: Burundi, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania and Uganda. Within the EHAGL region, two situations are managed by the Bureau: the Sudan Situation and the South Sudan Situation. The Bureau has accountability for strategic decision-making, regional prioritization, oversight of integrity issues, and quality assurance, and possesses the technical capacity to support country operations in a wide range of sectors such as education, child protection, economic inclusion and durable solutions.
Please contact the following focal points
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Information Management | Deograsias Mallya mallya@unhcr.org |
Registration | Deogratias Emmanuel Manyanda EMMANUED@unhcr.org |