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UNHCR-IOM Joint Press Release
Resettlement of refugees from Bhutan reaches 100,000
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oday, UNHCR, the UN refugee agency, and the International Organization for
Migration (IOM) are marking a major milestone: Over 100,000 Bhutanese refugees have been resettled from Nepal to third countries since the launch of the programme in 2007. Fifty-three-year-old Devi Maya Thapa represents the 100,000th refugee to be resettled from Nepal. She, along with her husband, children and grand-child, will depart for the state of Ohio in the United States in early December.
This three-generation family will join Devi Maya’s siblings, and over 84,800 other Bhutanese refugees who havestarted new lives in the USA.
#RESETTLE #THIRD_COUNTRY #GENERATION #JHAPA #MORANG
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Publisher:
UNOHCHR, IOM
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(2015
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Type / Script:
Press Release
in English
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Keywords:
REFUGEES, REFUGEE CAMPS, POPULATION, CHILDREN, FAMILY, RESETTLEMENT, DISABILITY, COMMUNITY, COOPERATION BETWEEN ORGANIZATIONS, WOMEN
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Thematic Group:
UNOHCHR
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UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
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Thesaurus:
13.01.00
- Protection Of And Assistance To Refugees And Displaced Persons
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