As of 31 March 2024, the country hosted 241,883 refugees and asylum-seekers, mainly from Burundi and DR Congo. Some 83 percent of the refugees in Tanzania live in two camps located in the country’s Northwestern region of Kigoma (Nduta and Nyarugusu Camps).
UNHCR supports the Government in discharging its international obligations, fulfilling the Agency’s core objectives to provide refugees and asylum seekers with international protection and seek durable solutions to their situations. The Agency works primarily with the Ministry of Home Affairs, its direct government counterpart in Tanzania, and maintains partnerships critical to effective operations with other Government Ministries and NGO partners.
UNHCR works closely with other UN agencies through the UN Development Assistance Plan under the Resilience Thematic Results Group. In line with the aspirations of the Global Compact for Refugees, UNHCR also supports the United Nations Kigoma Joint Programme. This is an area-based programme with an increased focus on supporting host communities and strengthening the link between humanitarian and development initiatives in the region.
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Populations
Population types
Note: The "Stateless" category does not include stateless people who are also in other categories, to avoid double counting. The total number of stateless, across all categories, is .
NB: 2023 figures are planning figures.
Source: UNHCR Refugee Data Finder for years until 2022, UNHCR planning figures (COMPASS) otherwise.
Population by country
NB: 2023 figures are planning figures.
Source: UNHCR Refugee Data Finder for years until 2022, UNHCR planning figures (COMPASS) otherwise.
Population by origin
NB: 2023 figures are planning figures.
Source: UNHCR Refugee Data Finder for years until 2022, UNHCR planning figures (COMPASS) otherwise.
Financials
Budget and expenditure trend
Source: 2024 budget and 2023 current budget are taken from the budget document approved by UNHCR's Executive Committee in October 2023.
Budget by pillar
Budget by Impact Area
Source: 2023 budget as approved by the Executive Committee in October 2022.
2022 current budget as approved by the High Commissioner as of October 2022; pending presentation to the ExCom's Standing Committee.
Budget by objective
Note: The table presents the budget for this operation broken down at the objective level. Resource allocation at the objective level is subject to change during the course of the year as the operational situation evolves and priorities shift. The current budget, reflected in the bottom line of this table, is updated on a monthly basis and is replaced by the final budget at year-end.
Expenditure by Outcome Area
Budget by Outcome and Enabling Areas
Source: 2023 budget as approved by the Executive Committee in October 2022.
2022 current budget as approved by the High Commissioner as of October 2022; pending presentation to the ExCom's Standing Committee.
Budget by Impact Area
Source: 2024 budget and 2023 current budget are taken from the budget document approved by UNHCR's Executive Committee in October 2023.
Budget by Outcome and Enabling Areas
Narratives
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