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which of the implementing agencies should be brought in.

This is usually straightforward as each agency has its own

specialities: thus, Tanganyika Christian Refugee Services carry

out infrastructural projects (they built all the settlements);

CCT helps with social services, particularly in counselling and the administration of the education programmes; Caritas carries

out construction work for educational facilities; Ryder-Cheshire Mission UK is implementing a new project for the disabled etc.

All partners regard the working relationship as good.

The Refugee Service Advisory Committee initiated by UNHCR, meets

once every two months. All the partners participate. Its

secretariat is with CCT and the chairmanship revolves. The

Committee makes fairly detailed coordination possible as it

allows each agency to keep up with the present resources of the

other. For example, if an urban refugee approaches an NGO for

clothing or milk, that NGO, if it has no supplies of its own, will

know which agency does and send the refugee on. Thus overlapping is generally avoided.

5.

Information/Disaster Preparedness

We do not know what kind of information or statistics the UNHCR office

keeps. This aspect is perhaps less important in a country like

Tanzania which is internally stable and which has been spared from

natural disaster. The office in Dar es Salaam (and sub-office

in Kigoma) keep Geneva informed of the Tanzanian official attitude

towards refugees of various nationalities and of Tanzania's general ability to cope with more refugees.

6.

Legal Protection

Generally speaking UNHCR and the GOT see eye to eye on whether

someone qualifies for refugee status. The legitimacy of a claim is decided by the Refugee Eligibility Committee under the Ministry

of Home Affairs. Although there are some problem areas, the GOT

has not so far interfered with UNHCR's assistance to people whom the GOT refuses to recognise as refugees. The problem areas are

as follows:

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(a) Kenyans