Nepal: The Languishing Refugees of Bhutan

At the beginning of the late 1980's, the tiny landlocked country of Bhutan began to violently expel one sixth of its population, creating the largest refugee population per capita in the world. During many years of extreme human rights abuse and the implementation of the 'One Nation, One People' policy, over 100,000 people were forced to leave Bhutan and sent searching for asylum. These people comprising of the Lhotshampa ethnic minority, began arriving at Nepal's eastern border in 1991 and...
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At the beginning of the late 1980's, the tiny landlocked country of Bhutan began to violently expel one sixth of its population, creating the largest refugee population per capita in the world. During many years of extreme human rights abuse and the implementation of the 'One Nation, One People' policy, over 100,000 people were forced to leave Bhutan and sent searching for asylum. These people comprising of the Lhotshampa ethnic minority, began arriving at Nepal's eastern border in 1991 and were granted asylum. For over 20 years now these Bhutanese refugees have been living in seven large refugee camps in eastern Nepal waiting to be granted permission to be repatriated to a third country, mostly the US. Almost 50,000 have now left but the rest remain waiting to leave.
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