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Bhutanese refugees in Beldangi I show a Bhutanese passport. It is a legal passport of Bhutan that many Bhutanese refugees surreptitiously took with them when they were forcefully deported from Bhutan. Bhutanese refugees are Lhotshampas ("southerners"), a group of Nepali language-speaking Bhutanese people.
The Lhotshampa or Lhotsampa ... Many of them have either entered Nepal's seven refugee camps (on 20 January 2010, 85,544 refugees resided in the camps) or are working ...
Ethnic cleansing in Bhutan refers to acts of violence to remove the Lhotshampa, or ethnic Nepalis, from Bhutan(southerners). Inter-ethnic tensions in Bhutan have resulted in the flight of many Lhotshampa to Nepal, their country of origin, many of whom have been expelled by the Bhutanese military.
[2] [40] [41] [42] By 1995 86,000 Lhotshampa had taken up refugee status in Nepal, roughly one-sixth of Bhutan's then population of 509,000. [36] [43] Unsuccessful talks between Nepal and Bhutan regarding the status of Bhutanese refugees, in particular regarding Nepal's desire for them to be repatriated, were held in 1993, 1996, and 2001.
Many of them have either entered Nepal's seven refugee camps (on January 20, 2010, 85,544 refugees resided in the camps [3]) or are working in India. According to U.S. State Department estimates, about 35 percent of the population of Bhutan is Lhotshampa, if the displaced refugees are counted as citizens. [3]
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However, through the late 1980s and 1990s, as many as 107,000 Lhotshampa were forcibly deported or fled Bhutan for Nepal in fear of persecution. [11] Many Bhutanese refugees still reside in UNHCR refugee camps in Nepal, though many have been resettled to western countries. [12] [13] [14] [15]
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