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(c) Zaireans
The 16,000 Zaireans arrived in a steady stream in the 1960s and
also in larger numbers at the time of the war in Shaba province.
They fear persecution if they return to Zaire. The GOT grants them full refugee status. They are spontaneously settled in Tanzanian villages along Lake Tanganyika. New arrivals are modest
in number.
(d) Banyarwandese
In 1985 2,500 Banyarwandese were placed on a new settlement at
Burigi in Kagera region. They were originally Rwandese who had fled to Uganda and then been forced out of Uganda together with some Ugandans. For a time the Governments of Tanzania and Uganda disputed which country should be their host until in 1985 the GOT agreed to allow them to remain in Tanzania and granted them full refugee status. It is believed that there are presently only 1,000
on the settlement. As they are nomadic it is not easy to keep track of them. 20 or so have recently asked to return to Uganda.
(e) Ugandans
A number of Ugandans arrived in Tanzania at the time of the coup which ousted Obote. Very few arrived following the coup which removed Okello. UNHCR has about 60 Ugandans on their books but say there are more who have never asked for UNHCR assistance as they rely entirely on the GOT (eg the former Ugandan High Commissioner to Tanzania). Most are former military, security or senior party members for whom repatriation is not an option. There have been disputes between UNHCR and the GOT in one or two cases over the latter's unwillingness to grant them refugee status because of their suspected involvement in the disturbances in Gulu.
(f) Malawians
The numbers of Malawians in Tanzania are not known. They trickled
in over the years and fear persecution if they return. They are scattered around the country. Some have refugee status while others work as immigrants.
(g) Kenyans
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Before members of the Mwakenya movement began arriving in Tanzania, there were only five Kenyan refugees in Tanzania (who had come at the time of the 1982 coup). The new arrivals are very few in number and fear persecution if they return. The GOT refuses to grant them refugee status.
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