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UNHCR-IOM Joint Press Release Resettlement of refugees from Bhutan reaches 100,000
Abstract:
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
Publisher: UNOHCHR, IOM Type / Script:
Press Release  in  English
Keywords:
REFUGEES, REFUGEE CAMPS, POPULATION, CHILDREN, FAMILY, RESETTLEMENT, DISABILITY, COMMUNITY, COOPERATION BETWEEN ORGANIZATIONS, WOMEN
Thematic Group:
UNOHCHR , (2015)
Thesaurus:
13.01.00 - Protection Of And Assistance To Refugees And Displaced Persons
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