Jan Lüdert

Shutting an open door: Tanzanian refugee situation since 1985

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Produktbeschreibung

Seminar paper from the year 2006 in the subject Politics - International Politics - Topic: Globalization, Political Economics, grade: 1.5, The Australian National University, language: English, abstract: The east African country of Tanzania, once praised for its "Open Door Policy" and its committedsupport for refugees fleeing turmoil in their respective home countries, has shifted dramaticallywithin the last two decades. This paper will investigate the changed policy of the Tanzaniangovernment towards continuous refugee influx after its independence in 1964. It is apparent thatperceptions of refugees have also shifted in local, regional and international arenas and due to theconfines of this paper, developments on these fronts will only be mentioned peripherally.The refugee situation in the Great Lake Region of Tanzania is of exceptional importance for aselected number of reasons:1) Tanzania has been host to the highest number of refugees on the African continent thereforeputtinga uncontested burden on the nation2) The country acts as case for an increasing awareness of sovereignty, especially in terms ofnational security in post colonial Africa3) The historical implications of ethnic separation questions the notion of territoriality in aregion still struggling to create stability4) Government leadership and ideology influence the perception of refugees and therefore theformulation of policyThis paper will investigate the above, firstly outlining the refugee arrivals in western Tanzania sinceindependence; secondly investigating the perception of refugees under the presidency of the PanAfricanist, Julius Nyerere until 1985; thirdly it will account for refugee policy adjustmentsimplemented by the government post Nyerereism; and lastly by concluding the above notionsutilising the findings of the preceding paragraphs. Tanzania has been a safe haven for refugees from its western neighbours, namely Burundi, Congo(former Zaire), Uganda and Rwanda for several decades and the country has continuously hostedrefugees from these countries. Estimates on the number of refugees vary greatly, and no exactnumber can be drawn from existing figures post Tanzanian independence, but it is reasonable toassume refugee volumes of several hundred thousand up to a million from 1959 until 1993. Refugees arriving in the biggest wave between 1993 and 1998 from Rwanda, Burundi and theDemocratic Republic of Congo are thought to have reached close to 1.3 million people.

Produktdetails

• Akademische Schriftenreihe V90024
• Verlag: GRIN Verlag
• 1. Auflage
• Seitenzahl: 12
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. Oktober 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 297mm x 210mm x 2mm
• Gewicht: 68g
• ISBN-13: 9783656763062
• ISBN-10: 3656763062
• Artikelnr.: 41594660

Autorenporträt

Dr. Lüdert is Assistant Professor and Associate Program Director in the School of Applied Leadership at City University of Seattle. Jan holds a PhD in International Relations from the department of Political Science at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver. He is a Liu Institute for Global Issues scholar alumnus and recipient of the Killam Graduate Teaching Award. Jan holds a First Class Honors Masters of Arts in International Relations from the Australian National University and a Bachelor of Business Administration and Public Policy from Hamburg University for Economics and Politics. Jan studied at the University of Dar es Salaam in Tanzania focusing on sociology and economics. He coordinated grassroots¿ community programs in Botswana for Skillshare International. His research includes Leadership Theory, International Relations, Political Theory, Intergovernmental Organizations, Non-State Actors, Transnational and Cyberspace Politics, Global Norms, Human Rights. Jan is deeply involved in Scholarship of Teaching and Learning research projects. Jan writes for the Ivory Tower, an E-International relations blog.