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(h) Mozambicans
A handful of Mozambicans have recently arrived in Tanzania, displaced by MNR activity. They are not recognised as refugees
by the GOT.
(i) South Africans
In addition to the 207,000 refugees Tanzania hosts several thousand
South Africans who are affiliated to the national liberation
movements. They live in settlements set up jointly by themselves
and the GOT which does not regard members of liberation movements
as refugees. They are handled separately by the Prime Minister's office (refugees are under the Ministry of Home Affairs).
These South Africans do not ask for UNHCR's protection. However,
UNHCR does give educational assistance to them in response to requests. The problem area is the 60 or 80 South Africans who have left the
liberation movements (mostly the PAC). As all South Africans in
exile are UNHCR mandated refugees UNHCR takes responsibility for these.
The GOT refuses to recognise them as refugees and they live at Kigwa with temporary asylum status. Several have been resettled
mostly in Canada with a few in Australia.
2. Needs of Refugees
In the past it has been relatively easy to assess the needs of
most refugees in Tanzania. The initial needs were fairly basic: the donation of land by the GOT and then the building of an infrastructure, roads, housing, schools, medical facilities,
agricultural extension services etc. The backgrounds of the
refugees were of course taken into account (rural/urban/agricultural et
Now that the basic structure is in place at all settlements with
the exception of Burigi the emphasis of assistance programmes has shifted to the provision of social services. Needs are assessed
through surveys carried out by UNHCR, the GOT and the various NGOS which act as implementing agencies. Refugees committees also make
known their needs to project advisers (usually from an NGO) and settlement commandants (under the Ministry of Home Affairs). Mostly
needs are fairly obvious. For example, the rate of population growth in the settlements is very high (5% per annum at Katumba). result UNHCR is cooperating in programmes with UNFPA. Also the settlement at Katumba is being extended and developed to cope with the
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