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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
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.
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.
20 lis 2015 · Eight years ago, some 108,000 refugees from Bhutan were living in seven camps in the Jhapa and Morang districts of eastern Nepal. Today only two camps remain and the refugee population now stands at less than 18,000.
21 mar 2024 · In 2022 a Bhutanese refugee, with whom we have worked for more than a decade, raised the issue of the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) phasing out their support for the remaining Bhutanese refugees in Nepal.
11 lis 2024 · Key demands include amnesty for 34 political prisoners, many of whom have been unjustly detained for decades under harsh conditions, and a durable solution for the remaining Bhutanese refugees in Nepal. Notably, France urged Bhutan to collaborate with Nepal in resolving the status of the approximately 6,500 remaining Bhutanese refugees. Overall ...
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 ...
