A compulsory Research Report Submitted to Mzumbe University – Mbeya Campus College in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirement of the Award of Bachelor Degree of Laws (LL.B) of Mzumbe University
The study intended to look at the relevance of having in place a firm, specialized in Refugee’s right to work is fully protected under international Human rights and the refugee law. The International regime requires host countries to exempt refugees from exceptional requirements like work permit owing to their situation. Consequently, member states to the international human rights instruments and Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees of 28 July 1951[including Tanzania] are under duty to promote, to respect and to ensure enjoyment of this fundamental right by refugees lawfully residing within their territory.
A person who is regarded to be a refugee, is that person under which he or she is not in his home land as far as refugee law concern; with consideration to the different factors which makes him or her to run away from his or her own country. Hence due to that fact refugee as one like other person is entitle to work so as to earn something to pushing forward his day to day life in the foreign land.
The local legal regime in Tanzania prohibits work or engagement of refugees in any form of working without a valid work permit issued by the Labour Commissioner. Although the permit is issued gratis, the law imposes a hurdle for the refugee to possess specific skills and knowledge to be ensured full enjoyment of the refugee right to work. The research found out that the local regime does not ensure full enjoyment of the refugee’s right to work. The research further identified some impediments to the enjoyment of the refugees’ right to work. Finally, the research proposes reforms to the laws so as to ensure full enjoyment of the refugee right to work in Tanzania.
Therefore, researcher used a case study approach Mbeya for in-depth study. In collection of data both methods of soliciting primary data and secondary data were used. Upon collection and analysis of data it was chiefly revealed that, as it stands the current human right delivery system is not effective in right to work to refugees, hence there is urgent need for it to be accommodative. To that end, the study has total number of five chapters with distinct interrelating content.