A Critical Analysis on the Rights of Refugees in East Africa.
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Date
2019-07
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Kampala International University, School of law.
Abstract
The situation of refugees is among the most pressing and urgent problems that the African
continent is battling with now, this is as a result of conflicts in the continent especially in the region
of East Africa and the neighboring countries like South Sudan, Democratic Republic of Congo,
Ethiopia and Burundi among others. East Africa is currently comprised of five countries which
include Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda, South Sudan and Bmundi. The legal instruments that
provide security and protection of refugee rights among other things include the refugee act of
2006, international and regional human rights instruments, and the Organization of African Union
Convention on the status of refugees among other instruments. At a regional level, the East African
Community takes into account the special and unique circumstances embodied in the movement
of refugees across the region. According to a report from the East African Newspaper published
on 16'11 November 2018, Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania hosts more than two million refugees from
south Susan, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Burundi and Eritrea. The bulk of this
population which is about 1.47million people is in Uganda despite its economy and land size being
smaller than Kenya and Tanzania. The study seeks to examine the effectiveness of the laws
governing the rights of refugees in East Africa. The main objective of this research is to analyze
the application of laws as regards the rights of refugees in East Africa, critically examine the
temporary assistance available to asylum seekers and refugees, provide a basis of future research
in the area of refugee rights in East Africa and investigate how effective the laws relating to refugee
rights are. The research aims at improving the relation between refugees and the communities
where they settle. According to a report released in October 2018 titled Free and Safe Migration
in East Africa, Congolese and south Sudanese refugees are housed in the settlements and urban
areas in the host country alongside local communities. The methodology is doctrinal, with
information gathered from books written by legal scholars, joumals, law repmis and repmis from
refugee agencies as well as internet source.
Description
A dissertation submitted to the School of Law in Partial
Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Award of
a Bachelors Degree in Laws of Kampala
International University.
Keywords
Rights of Refugees, Critical Analysis, East Africa