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 ...
Dozens of Bhutanese men ejected from the United States are now in refugee camps in Nepal, which doesn’t want them but has nowhere to send them. By Bhadra Sharma and Mujib Mashal Bhadra Sharma reported ...
A string of Bhutanese prayer flags, imprinted with sacred Buddhist prayers, flutters in a verdant lane leading to Ratna Maya Dorji’s quarters in the Beldangi II camp. It’s one of the handful of sites ...
Beldangi refugee camp, Nepal (CNN) — More than two dozen refugees from Bhutan have been left in a unique legal limbo after they were deported by the US back to the tiny Himalayan nation they once fled ...
Whenever Ray finds a working internet connection, his first instinct is to contact his wife and tell her that he's safe — for now. Ray, who is in his late 20s, was born in a refugee camp in Nepal and ...
This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Andrej Mahecic – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today's press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. 8 September 2009 More ...
(RNS) — Twenty years ago, Bhuwan Pyakurel was a second-class citizen in his home country. Cast out by the Bhutanese government for his ethnic and religious identity, Pyakurel and other members of the ...
Bhutanese Nepali refugees in Columbus, many with agricultural backgrounds, find solace and connection through community gardening. The Food and Agricultural Program, run by the Bhutanese Community of ...
More than two dozen refugees from Bhutan have been left in a unique legal limbo after they were deported by the US back to the tiny Himalayan nation they once fled – only for it to reject them a ...