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    Socio-economic impacts of the presence of refugees from Rwanda and Burundi in Ngara district
    (Sokoine University of Agriculture, 2010) Nicholaus William Savery Lusesa
    This study investigated the impacts of the presence of the refugees on the socio economic lives of the local host population in Ngara district, Tanzania. The objectives of the study were to determine the access of the local people to social services as a result of the settlement of the refugees, to determine the socioeconomic benefits and or the losses to the refugees host communities. Data were collected using structured questionnaires and interview schedules. A total of 120 respondents were interviewed from six villages obtained by random and stratified sampling techniques. Descriptive statistics such as frequencies, percentages, means and standard deviations were used to analyse the data. Results of the study showed that social services such as health, education and water services were adversely affected by the arrival of refugees in the refugee host communities. The results also showed that the expansion of business and market opportunities, cheap refugee labour, employment opportunities for local people were the socio economic benefits to the local population due to arrival of the refugees. While banditry, deforestation, loss of capital, diseases and prostitution were evident due to the arrival of refugees. The results show that different interventions which have been initiated by different actors in addressing the negative effects of the presence of refugees in the host communities like construction of schools, water points, dispensaries, environmental protection etc. Based on the findings of the study, it is recommended that the government should prepare emergency preparedness in refugee torn areas to reduce the effects of the refugees upon arriving in the settlement in a country of asylum. The international community, donor agencies and other agencies should continue to support the refugee hosting communities in addressing the impacts of the refugees because the refugee problem is a global shared responsibility.