Nepalese and Indians lure to be Bhutanese for resettlement (Resettlement)

Damak, June 10: As the resettlement of exiled Bhutanese to third countries accelerates, number of people from Nepal and India seeking registration with UNHCR has begun sharply.

Many have approached the UNHCR and Nepal’s local authorities, responsible for administration of the camps, seeking their registration as refugees.

Those who claimed Bhutanese have come mostly from hilly regions of Nepal. Some of them even traveled from far western region.

Nepal’s home ministry has deployed a team under the leadership of its assistant secretary Bishnu Prasad Poudel to study the facts.

Marriages between the locals and exiled Bhutanese have increased after local authorities asked all those married with Nepalese and Indians to register their names.

Thousands of Nepalese and Indians under the cover of exiled Bhutanese have reached western countries in the last decades. Bhutanese political organizations and leaders have hands in sending these people when they pay heavy sum.

Bhutanese living in western countries including Germany say they feel odd to identify themselves as Bhutanese due to increasing number of fake Bhutanese in those countries by producing counterfeited documents. Bhutan News Service