UNHCR experts start consultation on resettlement

Beldangi, May 02: United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) officials have arrived Beldangi camps to hold discussion with the exiled Bhutan on issue of third country settlement that is expected to start in the next few months.

One official on resettlement and security and another on durable solution section of the refugee agency in Geneva have started consultation with the exiled Bhutanese on Tuesday.

The officials said they can neither force or encourage the exiled Bhutanese to adopt any options. They said, as the possibility of repatriation has become uncertain, western countries offered to help find durable solution of the crisis.

The UNHCR officers said the exiled Bhutanese have the right to choose any of the options: repatriation, resettlement or assimilation. They also assured that UNHCR would remain with the exiled Bhutanese until all of them find a home. Bhutan News Service