{"id":1082,"date":"2020-03-16T18:28:01","date_gmt":"2020-03-16T22:28:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/lerrn\/?p=1082"},"modified":"2026-04-28T10:41:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T14:41:10","slug":"lerrn-working-paper-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/lerrn\/2020\/lerrn-working-paper-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Tanzania’s National Legal Framework for Refugees"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\n Tanzania’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

Working Paper 5<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Leonard Chimanda,<\/a> University of Dar es Salaam<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

St\u00e9fanie Morris,<\/a> University of Ottawa<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Executive Summary<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

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’s current national legal and regulatory framework.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In the summer of 2019, Leonard and St\u00e9fanie were tasked to evaluate Tanzania’s national legal and regulatory framework.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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

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

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