Tanzania July 2006 |
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| More foreigners visit Tanzania, (Daily News, 2006-07-26):-There has been an increase in the number of foreigners visiting and staying in the country in the past one year due to prevailing peace and tranquillity, good investment opportunities and absence of terrorism threats. Moving his ministry's 2006/07 annual budget estimates in the National Assembly here yesterday, the Minister for Home Affairs, Mr John Chiligati, said 404,899 foreigners visited Tanzania between July 2005 and April 2006 compared to 409,525 visitors in the previous year. A total of 380,758 foreign visitors left the country during the same time. More visitors entered the country compared to those who left (348,977) between July 2005 and April 2006. The Immigration Department issued some 5,475 resident permits in 2005/06 compared to 4,641 in 2004/2005. The minister said a total of 1,663 resident permits were renewed last fiscal year compared to 1,402 the previous year. From July 2005 to July 2006, a total of 104 foreigners were accorded Tanzanian citizenship compared to only 47 the previous financial year. The minister said 75 per cent of the new nationals registered were women who got married to Tanzanian men, most of them from India. Seven came from Britain, India (32), DR Congo (5), Yemen (7), Mozambique (3), Rwanda (4), Kenya (15), Seychelles (1), Lebanon (1), Switzerland (3), Iran (3), Somalia (7), Italy (1), China (1), Pakistan (6), Burundi (4) and Ukraine (3). There were also 910 foreigners who were declared persona non grata while 118 were arraigned in courts; 23 paid fines; 16 landed in jail; 25 have their cases pending while 41 were set free. Mr Chiligati said that 55 Tanzanians renounced their citizenship in 2006/07 and acquired citizenship in other countries as follows: Zambia (6), Norway (7), Germany (8), Czech Republic (2), Denmark (7), Canada (5) and Australia (1). He said the 55 people renounced their citizenship to look for greener pastures abroad. He said those declared prohibited immigrants were found working in hotels and mines. Others were found idling in villages, small towns and even large cities. The minister said in 2005/06 some 142,707 new Tanzanian passports were issued by the Immigration Department out of which 736 went to civil servants, 2,075 were issued to diplomats and 139,089 were offered to ordinary citizens. He said until April 30; 215,000 Burundian and 17,382 Congolese refugees had been repatriated back home. About 281 refugees of Zigua origin who fled into Tanzania from Somalia were granted citizenship in 2005/06. The minister told the House that 472 stowaways were returned to Tanzania during 2006. He asked the House to approve expenditure of 96,181,748,000/-. | |
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