Well, its been more than a half of decade that Bhutanese refugees are been resettling in many third countries including the USA.
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Fire inferno breaks out at Beldangi-II, C4 about 1 pm today.
It is seen that about 30 huts are already burnt, and still not yet controlled.
Participant dancing in competition.
Bhutanese Refugee Children Forum (BRCF) conducted Inter-School Dance Competition in Beldangi today.
Students from all camp schools participated in the competition where Anita Biswa from Mari Gold Academy (MGA), Alina Rai from Pancha-Oti English School (PES) and Pabitra Rasaily from Tri-Ratna Secondary School (TRSS) secured first, second and third respectively.
Meanwhile stakeholders from various camp-based organizations attended and addressed the program. The chairperson of the program Bhim Monger, Co-ordinator of BRCF Beldangi requested the refugee-aid agencies to concentrate on child issues and to end violence against children.
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Tara Lal Shrestha (Ph.D)
A lecturer at the Tribhuwan University has expressed that resettled Bhutanese would never forget their identity and nationality despite news challenges faces them in resettlement countries.
In a special interview with Bhutan News Service, Tara Lal Shrestha (Ph.D) said that even genes of resettled Bhutanese have retained their nationality, and feeling of being Bhutanese citizens.
Shrestha’s Sapanako Samadi, a research-based novel on the Bhutanese refugee issue, has recently appeared in the Nepalese book market.
According to Shrestha, resettling Bhutanese are not opting to lead new lives in western countries at their own will. “It is their compulsion since no doors for repatriation have been opened as of now,” he said.
He further said, “I am sure the Bhutanese identity will never die.” Continue reading
The government of Canada said it will accept more Bhutanese refugees for relocation through the ongoing third country resettlement program generating hopes of new lives, at least, for those waiting for family reunion. However, it has not yet disclosed actual number of refugees to be accepted.
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) announced the decision to exiled Bhutanese of Jhapa and Morang district last week.
Canada, which has already received 5,000 individuals and was undecided for months regarding this, is learnt to be sending its resettlement team for interviewing refugees within October this year.
Meanwhile, the UNHCR said that 62,673 exiled Bhutanese have already been resettled in various eight western countries as of April 15. Continue reading
Following mounting pressures from various sectors including the agitating women, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MoHA) has formed a committee to resume stalled verification process to determine refugee status.
The letter dispatched to Chief District Officer of Jhapa on Friday said that the Ministry nominated Deputy Secretary Shambhu Prasad Ghimire to address the issue of exiled Bhutanese whose status has not been determined yet. However, the letter has not specified any timeframe for the committee to resume the verification.
“The ministry has finally responded to the call of women in hunger strike,” an official at District Administration Office of Jhapa told Bhutan News Service. “We’ll immediately begin the verification process since the Deputy Secretary Ghimire will be arriving in Jhapa in a couple of days.”
A delegation from the DAO and UNHCR Damak, which had reached the venue at 10:30 p.m. yesterday, received such a response from the women, informed camp-based Armed Police Force Inspector Bijendra Rimal.
Meanwhile, the agitating women on Friday night refused to call of the hunger strike stating the Ministry’s letter failed to address their demands in a proper way and also lacked the timeframe.
As the fasting-to-death enters into the fifth day, two strikers have been hospitalized as their blood-sugar level marked a significant fall down. Continue reading
Women in strike with charts.
Bhutanese women who have been fighting for refugee status since long time again started the hunger strike from last Tuesday morning accusing the government of Nepal to listen their demands.
Even they staged 12 days fasting to death in last November.
Strikers' demand chart paper.
A group of six women led by Durga Devi Bista kick-started hunger strike including other strikers Ira Maya Khatri, Chandra Maya Khadka, Renuka Mongar, Tulasha Dhakal and Parbati Chouhan.
Their demands are registration and refugee status, informed coordinator Bista.
Nepal
After a long wait, the Government of Nepal has finally decided to issue exit permit for “urban refugees”, other than Tibetan and Bhutanese, to resettle in various western countries.
Prior to this development, Nepal was issuing exit permits to just Bhutanese and Tibetan refugees. Some 60,000 Bhutanese in exile have already resettled in different eight countries in the west after getting such documents.
Senior government officials said the Minister of Home Affairs has sought the consent of the finance ministry to waive visa fees and penalty slapped on urban refugees, who have already received acceptance letters from host countries for resettlement, reports the Republica daily from Kathmandu, Monday.
“We have decided to allow their resettlement as prolonging their stay in Nepal would only complicate matters,” said the Ministry’s Spokesperson for Shankar Koirala. Continue reading
By: HK Dahal
Since there is no any written international law to prohibit refugees to get access of electricity, but also Bhutanese refugees in Beldangi are totally prohibited to get access of such infrastructure of development.
As exiled Bhutanese students are studying in school that for appropriate development there should be the adequate Education, health, transportation, communication and electricity facilities. Slightly our exiled Bhutanese people are getting access of education, health, communication, transportation but mainly electricity is totally prohibited here in camp. No Bhutanese knows what is the main reason behind that.
Before some months, hardly exiled Bhutanese connected electricity from host community but within few months Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) of Damak disconnected and seized all the connecting cables and meter box forcefully.
As exiled Bhutanese were not using it in free, they used to pay Rs.20 per Unit as local consumers only pay Rs.9 per Unit. Last time local consumers had collected Rs.5000 from each exiled Bhutanese consumers, which they haven’t returned till now.
Mainly the lack of electricity, exiled Bhutanese students are forced to study in dark at night in absence of proper light as there is no any other light facilities. Continue reading
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