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Since
1990, over 100,000 Bhutanese refugees are living in the United
Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) managed
seven refugee
camps in eastern Nepal.
Bhutanese refugee population as
per the latest report on world's refugee population included in
the
UNHCR STATISTICAL YEAR BOOK 2002 - Trends
in Displacement, Protection and Solutions
are as follows:
(Pages:
399 and 227)
The UNHCR Statistical Year Book 2002 was released in July
2004. The UNHCR Statistical Year Book 2003 (provisional report)
can be found at
UNHCR website
YEAR
POPULATION
1993:
85, 334
1994:
103, 265
1995:
104, 740
1996:
106, 801
1997:
108, 674
1998:
105, 651
1999:
107, 571
2000:
108, 897
2001:
110, 780
2002: 112,263
In the year 2002, there were
112,263 Bhutanese refugees registered with the UNHCR (as per the
above report). Approximately, 25,000 Bhutanese
refugees were living outside of the UNHCR managed refugee camps
in Nepal and
India. Thus, there were a total of approximately 137,263 Bhutanese
refugees living in the UNHCR managed camps in Nepal and
outside of the refugees camps in Nepal and India in 2002.
Main location in Nepal -
End of 2002. (Page 399)
Beldangi 2: 21,790
Sanischare: 20,090
Beldangi 1: 17,650
Khudunabari: 12,800
Beldangi 2 Extension: 11,100
Timai: 9,740
Goldhap: 9,100
The Rising Nepal, Saturday, July
20, 2002
REFUGEES HAVE HIGH BIRTH RATE
BHADRAPUR, July 19: The birth rate
among the Bhutanese refugee population has been found to be double
than that of the local people. About 80,000 Bhutanese including
children have taken refuge in Nepal since 10 years ago. There are
101,283 Bhutanese refugees at Beldangi, Goldhap, Timai and
Khudunabari of Jhapa district and Sanischare (Pathari) of Morang
district. A report made public by head of the United Nations High
Commission for Refugee (UNHCR) in Jhapa John Andrew states that 21
per cent of the total refugee population has been born in the camps.
Among the total refugee population 44, 783 are women, 46,022 men and
10,487 children below the age of five. The Bhutanese seldom use
family planning methods as they wish to get maximum relief and
facilities.
Various reports on the
violation of human rights in Bhutan
and Bhutanese refugees have been published. Please Click on
BHUTANESE
REFUGEES to read them. This
website provides complete and authentic information on the
origin, causes, and current situation about Bhutanese refugees.
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Bhutanese
Refugee Camp in Beldangi, Damak Jhapa Nepal
Bhutanese
refugees in the camps in eastern Nepal
The
following websites provides information on Bhutanese Refugees
Articles on Bhutan
: The
website site contains analytical articles on Bhutan’s foreign
relations, security, politics, political institutions, laws,
legal system, Buddhism, Bhutanese refugees and human rights situation
in Bhutan. This site contains articles written by
Rakesh Chhetri, a prominent exiled Bhutanese political commentator
and political analyst. These articles have been published
in the leading English newspapers and magazines outside Bhutan.
Bhutanese Refugees
: This website provides
complete and authentic information on the origin, causes, and
current situation about Bhutanese refugees and political situation
in Bhutan. This site is regularly updated. It is best viewed
with Internet explorer 5 and Netscape 6.1. and above. This site
is hosted by the Centre for Protection of Minorities and
Against Racism and Discrimination in Bhutan (CEMARD-Bhutan), a non
profit human rights organisation
Bhutan Women And Children Organization
: It
is a non profit organization formed by Bhutanese women in exile
for helping to promote and protect women's and children's
rights in Bhutan. The website contains information on the status
of Bhutanese women and children, women’s and child rights situation
in Bhutan and links to other Bhutanese sites.
CEMARD Bhutan
: This sited hosted the
Centre for Protection of Minorities and Against Racism and Discrimination
in Bhutan (CEMARD-Bhutan) provides information
on abuses of human rights, practice of racism and
discrimination against religious, linguistic, ethnic and cultural
minorities by the government in Bhutan
AHURA Bhutan
:
This website contains information on forced eviction
of Nepali-speaking population from Bhutan
US State Department, Country Reports on Human
Rights Practices on Bhutan
: Released in
2004 The
report deals with violation of human rights in Bhutan and Bhutanese
refugees
US Committee for Refugees:
Bhutan: Country
Information
It contains reports on refugee
issues for 2001, 2000 and 1999.
Amnesty International Reports on Bhutan including
the refugee issue : Amnesty
International has published the first authentic report on the
forcible exile of Nepali-speaking citizens of
Bhutan. It has published various reports and issued Alerts.
Nepal Research Bhutan
: This
site provides web links related to Bhutanese refugee issues
Newslook : This site provides a wealth of information on Bhutanese
Refugees
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