The Leonard Lopate Show: Underreported: Repatriation or Resettlement for Bhutanese Refugees?

Underreported: Repatriation or Resettlement for Bhutanese Refugees?

106,000 Bhutanese refugees have been living in Nepal for 16 years. Now, the US has offered to resettle 60,000 of them, which has given hope to the refugees, but has also increased tensions in the camps. Refugees who insist on repatriation to Bhutan as the only acceptable solution have been threatening and intimidating those who support resettlement in the US. Bill Frelick is refugee policy director at Human Rights Watch, which just issued a new report called "Last Hope: The Need for Durable Solutions for Bhutanese Refugees in Nepal and India."

Guests:

Bill Frelick

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Hemlal mainaly from Germany

Dear Sir

BHUTANESE REFUGEES ISSUES HAS NOT YET DRAWN THE ATTENTION OF THE GERMANY GOVERNMENT:IAM ONE OF THE BHUTANESE REFUGEE PRESENTLY LIVING IN GERMANY WITH THE SAME PROBLEM WHAT I HAVE BEFORE IN REFUGEE CAMP:THOUGH IM HERE IN REFUGEE PROTECTED COUNTRY BUT TILL NOW I HAVE NOT YET GOT THE STATUS OF REFUGEE:THE OFFICE OF BUNDESAMT HAVE GIVEN ME THE NEGATIVE DECISION STATING THAT WE HAVE NO PROBLEM IN CAMP AND WE CAN GO BACK TO COUNTRY:PLEASE I NEED YOUR COMMENT FOR MY CASE:

Jun. 27 2007 09:04 AM

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adk from wnyc

So how does that relate to Bhutanese politics?

Jun. 01 2007 03:34 PM

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Jake Love from nyc

For some reason your guest did not mention a relevant little tidbit relating to Bhutanese politics: the country is converting from monarchy to DEMOCRACY this year!

A recent piece by Barbara Crossette on this in CSMonitor:

http://tinyurl.com/2s9wde

May. 31 2007 09:27 PM

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