Compassion amid challenges: How host communities in Tanzania navigate refugee support

A handout picture taken on October 7, 2015 and released a week later by Oxford Committee for Famine Relief shows Burundian refugees walking to Nduta refugee camp in Kigoma, northwest Tanzania. PHOTO | OXFAM | AFP

What you need to know:

  • Stricter encampment laws now limit refugees’ freedom of movement and self-reliance, raising critical questions about the role of host communities in supporting their displaced neighbours.