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Refugees in Nepal: Challenges Ahead
December 2011, by Refugee Watch Online
Sahana Basavapatna and Ishita Dey As we wind up 2011 edition of Refugee Watch Online (RWO), we at RWO realize that this year, like the years before this, has been instructive in more ways than one. While some developments, such as the Australia-Malaysia swap arrangement made us realize how (...)
UNHCR Reports Indicate Resettlement Programme from Bhutanese Refugees Crosses 50,000 Marks
December 2011, by Refugee Watch Online
Jai Prasad Sunuwar flew to South Dakota in the United States earlier this month, becoming the 50,000th refugee originating from Bhutan to be resettled from Nepal under a programme launched four years ago by UNHCR and its partners. Under one of UNHCR's largest resettlement programmes, more than (...)
US Lawmaker Warns Nepal of Aid Cut over Tibetans
December 2011, by Refugee Watch Online
Agence France Presse: 2011-11-05 Washington: A US lawmaker has threatened to strip Nepal of its millions of dollars in US aid unless it permits refugees fleeing Chinese rule in Tibet to transit through the country. Nepal is the main route for Tibetans who seek to go into exile, but the country (...)
Short Course on Forced Migration
December 2011, by Refugee Watch Online
The Center for Migration and Refugee Studies (CMRS) at the American University in Cairo (AUC) is offering the following four short courses during the month of January and February 2012 1. Demographics Measures of Migration (January 29- February 2, 2012): Course Description: The course will (...)
Wolf’s Warning, will the ‘Sheep’ Listen or Kowtow again to ‘Dragon’
December 2011, by Refugee Watch Online
Tashi Dhundup (Tashi is a Tibetan in exile, and an independent researcher.) Keeping in mind the increasingly kowtowing behavior of the Nepalese polity in terms of its treatment towards the Tibetans in Nepal, the recent remark by the US lawmaker Frank Wolf ( For Details refer to the press (...)