{"id":1082,"date":"2020-03-16T18:28:01","date_gmt":"2020-03-16T22:28:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/lerrn\/?p=1082"},"modified":"2026-07-28T14:47:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-28T18:47:11","slug":"lerrn-working-paper-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/lerrn\/2020\/lerrn-working-paper-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Tanzania&#8217;s National Legal Framework for Refugees"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        Tanzania&#8217;s National Legal Framework for Refugees\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><strong class=\"myprefix-text-bold\">Working Paper 5<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/lerrn\/people\/leonard-chimanda\/\">Leonard Chimanda,<\/a> <em class=\"myprefix-text-italic\">University of Dar es Salaam<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/lerrn\/people\/stefanie-morris\/\">St\u00e9fanie Morris,<\/a> <em class=\"myprefix-text-italic\">University of Ottawa<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"executive-summary\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Executive Summary<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In the summer of 2019, Leonard Chimanda, a Masters candidate of Laws in Migration and Refugee Law at the University of Dar es Salaam and St\u00e9fanie Morris, a researcher at the University of Ottawa were tasked to evaluate whether there are gaps in Tanzania&#8217;s current national legal and regulatory framework.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Discrepancies between international law and policy and local practice have proved significant in Tanzania in recent years. As a country that has hosted refugees since its independence, with no end in sight, the protracted nature of this situation has challenged the government\u2019s willingness to cooperate in the implementation of international policies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Leonard and St\u00e9fanie drew on legal texts, recent academic literature, reports from Civil Society Organizations (CSOs), and findings from semi-structured interviews with local and international actors. The research found that the Refugees Act allows for a great deal of flexibility in interpretation, while policies and practices have increasingly restricted the lives of refugees in Tanzania. Additionally, recent actions by Tanzanian authorities have contradicted some of their legal commitments and suggest increased collaborative, local research as a tool for future advocacy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n    \n\n\n                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        \n\n\n\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white cu-section--cards ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\" data-attributes=\"&#x7B;&quot;blockType&quot;&#x3A;&quot;cards&quot;,&quot;contentType&quot;&#x3A;&quot;cu_file&quot;,&quot;currentPage&quot;&#x3A;1,&quot;blockBackground&quot;&#x3A;&quot;white&quot;,&quot;numberOfColumns&quot;&#x3A;3,&quot;numberOfPosts&quot;&#x3A;6,&quot;showAllPosts&quot;&#x3A;false,&quot;order&quot;&#x3A;&quot;ASC&quot;,&quot;orderBy&quot;&#x3A;&quot;title&quot;,&quot;moreButton&quot;&#x3A;&quot;none&quot;,&quot;showFilter&quot;&#x3A;false,&quot;taxName&quot;&#x3A;&quot;cu_file_type&quot;,&quot;categories&quot;&#x3A;&quot;439&quot;,&quot;tags&quot;&#x3A;&quot;&quot;&#x7D;\" data-page=\"2\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n                \n                \n        <div class=\"cu-loading hidden text-center mx-auto h-6 w-6 animate-spin rounded-full border-4 border-solid border-current border-r-transparent align-[-0.125em] motion-reduce:animate-[spin_1.5s_linear_infinite]\" role=\"status\">\n    <span class=\"!absolute !-m-px !h-px !w-px !overflow-hidden !whitespace-nowrap !border-0 !p-0 ![clip:rect(0,0,0,0)]\">\n        Loading&#8230;\n    <\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n                                        \n        <p class=\"cu-no-posts hidden\">\n            No\n            file\n\n            posts are available.\n        <\/p>\n\n                <div class=\"cu-column cu-component not-contained mx-auto grid max-w-5xl md:grid-cols-3 gap-6 md:gap-10\">\n                        \n                    \n    \n    \n<div class=\"not-prose cu-card rounded-lg @container md:max-w-lg flex flex-col gap-3 bg-white shadow-lg shadow-cu-black-100 \">\n    <figure class=\"flex items-center justify-center w-10 h-10 mx-6 mt-6 mb-2 overflow-hidden \">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.carleton.ca\/rds\/assets\/font-awesome\/file-pdf.svg\" alt=\"An icon of a saxophone\" class=\"cu-icon-thumb \" style=\"filter: invert(20%) sepia(50%) saturate(7177%) hue-rotate(348deg) brightness(91%) contrast(100%);\"><\/figure>\n\n        \n            <header class=\"flex flex-col gap-3  px-6 text-left first:mt-6\">\n                \n        \n    \n    <h2 class=\"line-clamp-3 text-lg font-semibold text-cu-black @sm:md:text-xl leading-6 @sm:md:leading-8\">\n        PRINT-Tanzania\u2019s National Legal Framework for Refugees\n    <\/h2>\n\n            <\/header>\n\n\n        <div class=\"flex flex-col px-6 text-left\">\n            <p class=\"text-base text-cu-black-700\">\n                \n            <\/p>\n        <\/div>\n        <footer class=\"px-6 pt-3 mt-auto md:pt-5\">\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/lerrn\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/250\/LERRN-Working-Paper-No.-5-Tanzania.pdf\" class=\"cu-button cu-button--red cu-button--small\">\n                Download\n                <span class=\"sr-only\">\n                    PRINT-Tanzania\u2019s National Legal Framework for Refugees\n                <\/span>\n            <\/a>\n        <\/footer>\n    <\/div>\n    \n            \n                    \n    \n    \n<div class=\"not-prose cu-card rounded-lg @container md:max-w-lg flex flex-col gap-3 bg-white shadow-lg shadow-cu-black-100 \">\n    <figure class=\"flex items-center justify-center w-10 h-10 mx-6 mt-6 mb-2 overflow-hidden \">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.carleton.ca\/rds\/assets\/font-awesome\/file-pdf.svg\" alt=\"An icon of a saxophone\" class=\"cu-icon-thumb \" style=\"filter: invert(20%) sepia(50%) saturate(7177%) hue-rotate(348deg) brightness(91%) contrast(100%);\"><\/figure>\n\n        \n            <header class=\"flex flex-col gap-3  px-6 text-left first:mt-6\">\n                \n        \n    \n    <h2 class=\"line-clamp-3 text-lg font-semibold text-cu-black @sm:md:text-xl leading-6 @sm:md:leading-8\">\n        Tanzania\u2019s National Legal Framework for Refugees  Law, Policy &#038; 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