Countries
1: Africa.
- 1.1: Angola.
- 1.2: Botswana.
- 1.3: Egypt.
- 1.4: Kenya.
- 1.5: Libya.
- 1.6: Mauritania.
- 1.7: Morocco.
- 1.8: Senegal.
- 1.9: South Africa.
- 1.10: Tanzania.
  - 1.10.1: Introduction.
  - 1.10.2: List of Detention Sites.
  - 1.10.3: Map of Detention Sites.
  - 1.10.4: Country Links.
  - 1.10.5: Reference List.
- 1.11: Tunisia.
2: Americas.
3: Asia-Pacific.
4: Europe.
5: Middle East .

Tanzania Profile

Quick Facts: Tanzania

No. of dedicated immigration detention facilities: 0

Maximum length of immigration-related criminal detention: 3 years

Maximum length of immigration-related administrative detention: No limit

Number of asylum seekers (as of January 2011): 610

Number of certified refugees (as of January 2011): 113,180

Last updated: May 2011

Reference List

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Amnesty International (AI). 2005. “Refugee Rights at Risk: human Rights Abuses in Return to and from Burundi”. Amnesty International. AFR 16/006/2005. 27 June 2005.http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/asset/AFR16/006/2005/en/329fe95c-d4db-11dd-8a23-d58a49c0d652/afr160062005en.pdf (accessed 23 February 2011).
Amnesty International (AI). 1997. Great Lakes Region: Still in Need of Protection: Repatriation, Refoulement and the Safety of Refugees and the Internally Displaced. Amnesty International. AFR 02/07/97. 24 January 1997. http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/asset/AFR02/007/1997/en/f22e0c95-eabf-11dd-b6f5-3be39665bc30/afr020071997en.pdf (accessed 24 February 2011).
Betts, Alexander and James Milner. 2006. The externalisation of EU Asylum Policy: The Position of African States. Centre on Migration, Policy and Society (COMPAS). Oxford. Working Paper No. 36, University of Oxford.
Gasarasi, Charles. 1990. “The Mass Naturalisation and Further Integration of Rwandese Refugees in Tanzania: Process, Problems and Prospects.” Journal of Refugee Studies. Vol. 3 (2). 1990.
Integrated Regional Information Network (IRIN). 1996. Emergency Update No. 67 on the Great Lakes. Integrated Regional Integrated Network (IRIN) UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. 28 December 1996. http://www.africa.upenn.edu/Hornet/irin67.html (accessed 24 February 2011).
Legal and Human Rights Centre. 2009. Tanzania Human Rights Report 2008. April 2009. http://www.humanrights.or.tz/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/Tanzania_Human_Rights_Report_2008.pdf (accessed 24 February 2011).
Legal and Human Rights Centre. 2007. Tanzania Human Rights Report 2006. April 2007. http://www.humanrights.or.tz/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/human_rights_report_2006.pdf (accessed 24 February 2011).
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Rutinwa, Bonaventure (University of Dar es Salaam). 2011a. Email correspondence with Michael Flynn (Global Detention Project). 8 March 2011. Geneva, Switzerland.
Rutinwa, Bonaventure (University of Dar es Salaam). 2011b. Email correspondence with Michael Flynn (Global Detention Project). 3 May 2011. Geneva, Switzerland.
Rutinwa, Bonaventure (University of Dar es Salaam). 2002. “Screening in mass influxes: the challenge of exclusion and separation”. Forced Migration Review. Vol. 13. June 2002. http://www.fmreview.org/FMRpdfs/FMR13/fmr13.12.pdf (accessed 24 February 2011).
Tshiye, Tshen. 2010. Email to Southern Refugee Legal Aid Network List. “Possible deportation of refugees from Tanzania to different countries.” 31 July 2010.
UNHCR. 2011. Website. “2011 UNHCR country operations profile – United Republic of Tanzania.” 2011. http://www.unhcr.org/pages/49e45c736.html (accessed 23 February 2011).
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UNHCR. 2005b. Identifying Gaps in Protection Capacity: Tanzania. UNHCR. March 2005. http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/category,POLICY,,,TZA,472896f50,0.html.
United Republic of Tanzania. The Immigration Act. 1995. http://www.parliament.go.tz/Polis/PAMS/Docs/7-1995.pdf (accessed 24 February 2011).
United Republic of Tanzania. The Refugees Act. 1998. http://www.issafrica.org/cdct/mainpages/pdf/Terrorism/Legislation/Tanzania/Tanzania%20Refugees%20Act%201998.pdf (accessed 23 February 2011).
United States Committee for Refugees and Immigrants. 2008. Website. “World Refugee Survey 2008 – Tanzania”. 19 June 2008. http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/485f50d5c.html (accessed 23 February 2011).