Census in camps to begin soon

Kathmandu, October 27:Official counting and registration of exiled Bhutanese is likely to begin from first week of November.

An interviewer who is officially selected in the team, on condition of anonymity, informed TBR that the registration will begin from Beldangi-I camp.

It is learnt that the team employed to conduct the census comprises around 20 interviewers including three photographers, some data entry staff, UNHCR and Nepalese Government officials. The team is scheduled to interview around 1500-2000 individuals daily.

According the source, every member in a family will have to face the interview.  However, a member unable to attend on the scheduled date for the survey will be marked temporarily absent and provided with a document for second chance.
After the completion in Beldangi-I, refugees of Beldangi-II will be interviewed.

It is not yet known whether those non-registered and deregistered refugees will fall within the priority of UNHCR. Bhutan News Service