Today's date: Monday, 12 May 2008
Tanzania, United Republic of

UNHCR News



  Burundian refugee returns from Tanzania hit 300,000 mark
Source: UNHCR Briefing Notes
Publish date: 1 Apr 2008 Filetype: HTML (2k)
  Milestones reached in UNHCR's operations for Burundian refugees
Source: UNHCR News Stories
Publish date: 1 Apr 2008 Filetype: HTML (3k)
  Cash grants help Burundian returnees rebuild their lives
Source: UNHCR News Stories
Publish date: 13 Mar 2008 Filetype: HTML (4k)
  UNHCR begins programme to resolve situation of 1972 Burundian refugees
Source: UNHCR News Stories
Publish date: 11 Mar 2008 Filetype: HTML (4k)
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UNHCR Operations



  UNHCR Global Appeal 2008-2009 - United Republic of Tanzania
Source: UNHCR Fundraising Reports
Publish date: 1 Dec 2007 Filetype: PDF (148k)
  UNHCR Global Report 2006 - United Republic of Tanzania
Source: UNHCR Fundraising Reports
Publish date: 1 Jun 2007 Filetype: PDF (195k)
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Statistics



  2005 UNHCR Statistical Yearbook Country Data Sheet - United Rep. of Tanzania
Source: UNHCR Statistical Yearbook Country Data Sheets
Publish date: 30 Apr 2007 Filetype: PDF (26k)
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Background, Analysis and Policy



  Update: SPCP-Tanzania, October 2007
Source: Convention and Protocol
Publish date: 1 Oct 2007 Filetype: PDF (360k)
  Review of CORD community services for Congolese refugees in Tanzania
Source: UNHCR Evaluation Reports
Publish date: 13 Dec 2002 Filetype: PDF (558k)
  The impact of environmental degradation on refugee-host relations: a case study from Tanzania, Leah Berry
Source: New Issues in Refugee Research
Publish date: 1 Jan 2008 Filetype: PDF (354k)
  The State of the World's Refugees 2006 - Chapter 4 Responding to emergencies: Box 4.3 A host-country perspective: the case of Tanzania
Source: State of the World's Refugees
Publish date: 19 Apr 2006 Filetype: HTML (7k)
  Refugees Magazine Issue 111 (Universal Declaration of Human Rights 50th Anniversary) - Tanzania: A Grand Old Lady and a seven-year-old refugee
Source: Refugees Magazine
Publish date: 1 Mar 1998 Filetype: HTML (4k)
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UNHCR Maps



  United Republic of Tanzania - Dar-Es-Salaam area
Source: UNHCR Maps
Publish date: 18 Oct 2006 Filetype: PDF (370k)
  United Republic of Tanzania - Sikonge area
Source: UNHCR Maps
Publish date: 18 Oct 2006 Filetype: PDF (427k)
  Tanzania Atlas Map
Source: UNHCR Maps
Publish date: 17 Oct 2006 Filetype: PDF (1226k)
  Global Report 2005 - UNHCR in the United Republic of Tanzania
Source: UNHCR Maps
Publish date: 1 Jun 2006 Filetype: PDF (409k)
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Key Indicators


Top 10 refugee-hosting countries (as at 1 Jan 2007)
Pakistan* 1,044,000
Iran 968,000
USA 844,000
Syria 702,000
Germany 605,000
Jordan 500,000
Tanzania 485,000
UK 301,000
China 301,000
Chad 287,000

* UNHCR Estimate.

Source: Protecting Refugees, and the Role of UNHCR, 2007 edition.
Top host countries, end-2006 (refugees per 1,000 inhabitants)
Jordan 84
Armenia 38
Syria 35
Chad 27
Congo 15
Iran 14
Tanzania 12
Montenegro 12
Djibouti 11
Zambia 10
Serbia 10
Saudi Arabia 10

Source: "UNHCR: An Overview" in UNHCR Global Report 2006.
Top 10 host countries, end-2006 (refugees per million US$ of GDP)
Tanzania 671
Pakistan* 394
D.R. Congo 269
Chad 189
Kenya 189
Syria 183
Uganda 181
Zambia 129
Yemen 128
Iran 121

* Includes only Afghans living in camps who are assisted by UNHCR. A 2005 Pakistan government census suggests a further 1.5 million Afghans living outside camps, some of whom may be refugees.

Source: "UNHCR: An Overview" in UNHCR Global Report 2006.