Refugees Outside Bhutan
During the 1990s, the several thousand Lhotshampa who left settled in refugee camps set up by UNHCR. The UNHCR began to distribute aid to the refugees and recognized most of those who arrived in Nepal from Bhutan between 1990 and 1993 on a prima facie basis. By 1996, the camp populations had exploded to 100,000. Since 2008, the IOM and UNHCR have jointly started refugee resettlement programs to many countries including USA, Australia, Canada and others. More than 50,000 refugees have already been settled in those countries. Most of the refugees were received by camps in Nepal, exceeding 107,000 persons according to UNHCR.
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