United Republic of Tanzania: Inter-Agency Operational Update (March 2022)
Published: 6/May/2022
Source: UNHCR
Extract:
Statelessness workshop in Mwanza: In collaboration with the Government Focal Person on Statelessness, Dignity Kwanza and academia, UNHCR organized a Statelessness Workshop for Senior Government Officials from various ministries and departments (RITA, NIDA, National Bureau of Statistics, Commission for Human Rights and Good Governance, Representatives from the House of Representatives in Zanzibar, ZCSRA, MoHA, Office of the Attorney General and the Office of the 2nd Vice President in Zanzibar), which was held in Mwanza between 24 and 30 March 2022. Individuals from communities at risk of statelessness from Zanzibar and Kagera shared their testimonies. The workshop discussed nationality/citizenship concepts and their relations to an individual, statelessness, its causes, impacts, gaps in the Tanzanian law that may lead to statelessness and proposals on the identification, prevention, protection and eradication of statelessness in Tanzania.