World Migration
What are the "Push Factors?"
Tanzania
By : Rebecca R.
Religious Freedom:
There are many different religions in Tanzania. It’s
pretty much even between the different religions like Christians, Muslims
and indigenous beliefs. But since Tanzania is a republic so it is free which
means they have freedom of religion. Also, the neighboring country have religion
freedom too. This may help people to come to Tanzania because you can have
freedom of religion.
Government Structure:
Tanzania has a Republic government which means they are
a free country. Men and women are
able to vote at the age of 18. Tanzania became independent in 1961 from
Great Britain and were renamed the Untied Union of Tanzania in 1964. They
also have a constitution but was majorly revised in 1984. The president can
only serve a 5 year term but can be elected again for another 5 years if
re-elected. Tanzania has three branches of government like the US;
Judicial branch, Legislative branch,
and the Executive Branch. Since there is freedom it
may want to bring more people in.
Economic Status:
In Tanzania, the per capita is about $1,300 in US
dollars. But what is not good is that the import has a larger number than the
export so they are sending out more than they are getting. So by spending more
money on other things and not getting things may cause famine and may cause the
people to leave the country.
Human Rights Violations:
Many things are happening in Tanzania.
One thing is the violence against the women refugees. There are domestic and
sexual violence against the women in refugee camps. The women were seeking help
and protection but instead, they ended up trying to escape the abuse in the
camps in Tanzania. By these things happening, people would want to leave
Tanzania because of the
abuse to women.
Country Overview:
In Tanzania, the main language that is spoken is
Kiswahili or Swahili. There are other languages. spoken there too like
Arabic and English. Tanzania is located in Eastern Africa along the Indian
Ocean and between Mozambique and Kenya. In the mainland of Tanzania, 30% are
Christian, 35% Muslim, indigenous beliefs are about 35% and Zanzibar, more
than 99% are Muslim. Tanzania was under British rule until the early 1960
when the gained independence.
Education:
The country of Tanzania has a literacy rate of 69.4%. This
is a low literacy rate which means that the people in Tanzania don’t have a very
good education. This means the doctors there won’t be able to help people that
are sick. Also, this isn’t good for the health care system so there is a chance
that more people will die. So if there is not a good literacy rate, then the
health care is good either. For example, the Tanzanians have a low life
expectancy rate at about 52.01 years. That’s not very good and that mean
more people are dyeing more quickly
than in other countries but the surrounding countries also have a low life
expectancy rate. Lastly, their education expenditures is only 2.2 % so only 2.2% out of a
100% is going to the schools education.
So this would cause people to be
pushed out because of how low their Education expenditures are.
| Name of Country: |
Tanzania |
Number of Hospitals: |
Optional |
| Current Ruler: |
President Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete |
Infant Mortality Rate: |
69.28 deaths and 1000 live at birth |
| Type of Government: |
Republic |
Current Population: |
41,048,532 |
| Relative Location: |
Eastern Africa between Mozambique and Kenya
|
Ratio of People to Doctors: |
Optional |
| Literacy rate: |
69.4% |
Trade Balance: (Imports) |
5.901 billion |
| Life Expectancy: |
52.01 years |
Trade Balance (Exports) |
5.901 billion |
Resolution:
Tanzania would be more of a push
country because of its bad life expectancy and low literacy rate. But the
neighboring countries wouldn’t be much help either because in Kenya, there
life expectancy is about 57.86 years and their education expenditures is 6.9% which is a lot
better than 2.2% but is still pretty low. Zambia is 2% education
expenditures and people only live till about 52.72 years. So the countries
around Tanzania wouldn’t be much help with the problems there either.
Obviously, Tanzania is a push country that would want people to leave not
help other countries in need because they too need help with there country.
So if Tanzania would be able to get help from countries like the US to
improve the education and get more money then they could get back on their
feet to make Tanzania a place well visiting.
