Here's a very brief update on the Bhutanese-Nepali refugee resettlement process. If you are interested in or working among these people (or are a Bhutanese-Nepali yourself), you will want to check out the article below. 15K more people will be resettled before year end including in the United States where I live. This will still leave more than 30K in the refugee camps, 90% of which desire resettlement. The article also includes current figures for the amount of Bhutanese refugees that have been resettled in various nations -- more than 54,000 in the USA!
15,000 more Bhutan refugees to be resettled in 2012: UNHCR- Kathmandu Insider: "The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has announced to resettle additional 15,000 Bhutanese refugees in various third countries by the end of 2012. "
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