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19 lis 2015 · Eight years ago, some 108,000 refugees from Bhutan were living in seven camps in Jhapa and Morang districts in eastern Nepal. Today, just two camps remain and the refugee population now stands at less than 18,000 people.
- Bhutan's refugees to be resettled from Nepal within months
The long-awaited resettlement of refugees from Bhutan will...
- Bhutanese refugees in Nepal frustrated by lack of progress
After 14 years without a single refugee returning to Bhutan,...
- Bhutan's refugees to be resettled from Nepal within months
Bhutanese refugees are Lhotshampas ("southerners"), a group of Nepali language-speaking Bhutanese people. These refugees registered in refugee camps in eastern Nepal during the 1990s as Bhutanese citizens who fled or were deported from Bhutan during the protest against the Bhutanese government by some of the Lhotshampas demanding human rights ...
6 lis 2007 · The long-awaited resettlement of refugees from Bhutan will soon start, with the first group of accepted refugees set to leave Nepal's camps early next year.
6 lis 2024 · From Bhutan to Nepal to Central Ohio, the home of the Lhotshampa is in flux. In Columbus — the city home to the largest Bhutanese population outside of Bhutan — the Bhutanese Community of Central Ohio is helping refugees settle and make home in Ohio. Cover graphic by Ruth Chang for Midstory.
14 lip 2005 · After 14 years without a single refugee returning to Bhutan, tensions and frustrations are growing in the seven UNHCR-run refugee camps in eastern Nepal, which like many rural areas of the country, is affected by a Maoist insurgency.
6 kwi 2024 · A photographic exhibition highlighting the life experiences of Bhutanese refugees in Nepal is currently on display in Damak, Jhapa. The exhibition, inaugurated on Tuesday, is scheduled to continue for 10 days.
Inter-ethnic tensions in Bhutan have resulted in the flight of many Lhotshampa to Nepal, many of whom have been expelled by the Bhutanese military. By 1996, over 100,000 Bhutanese refugees (40% of Bhutan's population at the time) were living in refugee camps in Nepal. [ 1 ]
