ANALYSIS ON THE LEGAL FRAMEWORK ON TREATMENT OF REFUGEES IN UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA
Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees Resolution No. 2545 of 1951 provides for the legal framework on treatment of refugees which United Republic of Tanzania is supposed to adapt as a member state to the Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees Resolution No. 2545 of 1951 where some of the legal framework on treatment of refugees has been adapted by United Republic of Tanzania as seen in the Refugee Act Cap. 37 [R.E 2002] while some have not been adapted. The objectives to address are on the legal challenges facing standardization of the legal framework on treatment of refugees in United Republic of Tanzania to meet the international standards where such challenges are conservativeness of parliament of United Republic of Tanzania on laws for the welfare of refugees and evasion of responsibility to the refugees. On the analysis of the efficiency of the legal framework on treatment of refugees in United Republic of Tanzania that was done, it appears to be inefficient as it lacks provisions of laws to protect socio-economic welfare of refugees which it causes the escape of refugees from designated areas due to poor living conditions which can catastrophic in reference to the events that happened in the Kurdistan region of Iraq and legal lessons of the legal framework on treatment of refugees in Kenya, Rwanda, Uganda and Zambia were the need to make improvement on the legal framework on treatment of refugees in United Republic of Tanzania which appears to be successful in Kenya, Rwanda, Uganda and Zambia. The recommendations on addressing the problem in question are amendment of the legal framework on treatment of refugees, enforcement of policies and initiatives and emphasizing the role of international organizations on protection of welfare of refugees among others.
Keywords: legal framework, conservativeness, United Republic of Tanzania, evasion, refugees, inefficiency.
