Tanzania grants citizenship to 162000 Burundian refugees in historic decision

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Tanzania grants citizenship to 162000 Burundian refugees in historic decision
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Any views expressed in this article are those of the author and not of Thomson Reuters Foundation. GENEVA, October 17, (UNHCR) The UN refugee agency has welcomed Tanzania's decision to grant citizenship to 162,156 former Burundian refugees, ...
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Habari Zinazoendana

10 years ago

AFKInsider

18 Oct

Tanzania Gives Citizenship To 162000 Burundian Refugees

Tanzania Gives Citizenship To 162000 Burundian Refugees
AFKInsider
The UN refugee agency has welcomed Tanzania's decision to grant citizenship to 162,156 former Burundian refugees, marking the largest group in UNHCR's history to which naturalisation has been offered by a country of first asylum as a solution to decades ...

 

11 years ago

Daily News

31 May

More than 162000 Burundian refugees granted Tanzanian citizenship

Daily News
More than 162000 Burundian refugees granted Tanzanian citizenship
Daily News
THE Ministry of Home Affairs has so far granted citizenship to 162,156 Burundi refugees out of 172,000 requests received in 2010. Responding to Fakharia Khamis (Special Seat-CCM) question on the number of Burundi refugees granted Tanzania citizenship ...

 

10 years ago

Deutsche Welle

23 May

Burundian refugees face cholera threat in Tanzania

Deutsche Welle
Burundian refugees face cholera threat in Tanzania
Deutsche Welle
The UN refugee agency UNHCR says an outbreak of cholera has infected 3,000 people in a Tanzanian border region, where the population has increased dramatically due to an influx of refugees from Burundi. Refugees from Burundi at a makeshift clinic.
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Street Battles Erupt in BurundiABC News

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9 years ago

AllAfrica.Com

08 Oct

Tanzania Opens New Camps for Burundian Refugees to Ease Conditions in ...

Tanzania Opens New Camps for Burundian Refugees to Ease Conditions in ...
AllAfrica.com
Today, UNHCR started the relocation of 50,000 Burundian refugees to two camps in North West Tanzania, which the government has reopened to ease the suffering of tens of thousands of people in the crowded Nyarugusu camp. Following lengthy ...

 

10 years ago

Michuzi

Burundian refugees in Tanzania predicted to reach 250,000

The United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) on Wednesday, 1 July, announced in Dar es Salaam that the number of Burundian refugees in Tanzania is likely to increase from the current 70,000 to between 250,000 and 500,000 as a result of the continued volatile situation related to the presidential elections in Burundi, scheduled to be held on 15 July. 
Since the beginning of June approximately 250 new arrivals were recorded in Kigoma, the western region of Tanzania each day, but over the last week...

 

9 years ago

Thomson Reuters Foundation

12 Dec

International Medical Corps Responds to Plight of Burundian Refugees in Tanzania

International Medical Corps Responds to Plight of Burundian Refugees in Tanzania
Thomson Reuters Foundation
Any views expressed in this article are those of the author and not of Thomson Reuters Foundation. International Medical Corps is deploying experts to Tanzania, where more than 117,800 Burundian refugees have fled following escalating violence.

 

10 years ago

Rescue (Blog)

17 Oct

200000 refugees from Burundi awarded citizenship in Tanzania

Rescue (blog)
200000 refugees from Burundi awarded citizenship in Tanzania
Rescue (blog)
“It can be said that not only for humanitarian grounds but also given this contribution to the local economy, it was right that the entirety of this population has now been given the opportunity to fully access the range of rights and services available to Tanzanians ...
Tanzania begins granting citizenship to over 162000 former Burundian refugees ...UNHCR (press release)

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10 years ago

Michuzi

15 Jul

NORWAY GRANTS UN TANZANIA 3.1 MILLION US DOLLARS to support the UN’s Refugees response, governance initiatives, and UN Partnership Building in Zanzibar

Ambassador of Norway, H.E Hanne-Marie Kaarstad, (left) and UN Resident Coordinator, Mr. Alvaro Rodriguez, signing agreement of USD 3.1 million for Grants to support the UN’s Refugees response, governance initiatives, and UN Partnership Building in Zanzibar as well as on Human Rights, at the ceremony which was held at the UN offices in Dar es Salaam.------------------------------*Refugees and Governance programs among key areas of supportThe Norwegian Embassy today has signed an agreement...

 

9 years ago

TheCitizen

24 Nov

Aid agencies up in arms over Burundian refugees

Health and shelter for Burundian refugees in Tanzania are poised to get worse in already overstretched camps, the aid agencies have warned.

 

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