22,000 refugees resettled in West

Damak, Oct 18: Around 22,000 Bhutanese refugees have been resettled in the United States and other seven western countries in the latter one and half year.



According to United Nations High Commission for Refugee (UNHCR), among the 21,920 refugees from seven camps in Morang and Jhapa districts, 19,076 were resettled in the USA, 937 in Australia, 876 in Canada, 310 in Norway, 305 in Denmark, 294 in New Zealand and 122 in the Netherlands.



Of the 107,000 refugees, around 80,000 have applied for resettlement in the Western countries including the USA.

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