EU express concerns

Kathmandu, July 22: European parliament mission in Nepal visit has expressed concern over the increasing uncertainty of future of the Bhutanese and Tibetans living as refugees in Nepal.

Addressing a press meet in the Nepali capital, Kathmandu, on Friday at the end of six-day long visit to Kathmandu, leader of the European Parliament Monitoring Mission to Nepal, Neena Gill, expressed EU’s concerns towards the fate of more than 100,000 exiled Bhutanese who live in camps since 1991 and the problems faced by the Tibetan refugees.

"Members called for immediate action, at both domestic and international levels on those issues and are prepared to take up the concerns of those people to the appropriate level," the statement said. Bhutan News Service