Denial of exit permits delayed resettlement

Kathmandu, September 25: The denial of the Nepalese government to issue exit permit for third country resettlement, some 107 exiled Bhutanese have not been able to fly to western country despite completing the processes.

According to Nepalese daily Nepal Samacharpatra, 60 of them are planned to be resettled in the United States, 40 in Australia and seven in Norway. They are from the vulnerable group whom these countries expressed willingness to resettle.

The finalized files have been stranded at Home and Foreign Ministries in Kathmandu. The ministries have not been able to issue the permit since the issue has to be decided by the council of ministers.

Most of these people now live in Kathmandu due to insecurity in camps. Bhutan News Service