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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 ...
19 lis 2015 · KATHMANDU, Nepal, Nov 19 (UNHCR) - The UN refugee agency and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) on Thursday marked a major milestone: the resettlement of over 100,000 Bhutanese refugees from Nepal to third countries since the launch of the programme in 2007.
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.
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.
20 lis 2015 · Over 100,000 Bhutanese refugees have been resettled from Nepal to third countries since the start of a resettlement programme launched in 2007 to help them move to new host countries. Fifty-three-year-old Devi Maya Thapa represents the 100,000th refugee to be resettled from Nepal.
14 lip 2005 · More than 100,000 Bhutanese refugees have languished for 14 years in eastern Nepal's camps as the two governments fail to reach agreement on whether to repatriate, integrate or resettle them. UNHCR has continually called for a concerted effort to end this protracted situation.
referral mechanisms for refugees with specific needs, SGBV survivors and vulnerable children into public services. In 2020, UNHCR redoubled its investments into public health, education, social protection facilities and handed over registration data of Bhutanese refugees to the Government of Nepal.
