Feb 8,Adelaide: Bhutanese Australians are excited  when government acknowledged their small contribution for the Victoria bushfire victims. In the official Summer newsletter published by Department of Immigration and Citizenship(DIAC) it mentioned a small contribution of $2500 made by then recently resettled Bhutanese from refugee camps in Nepal. ‘We are excited to see our very small [...]

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In the case you ever visit the Bhutanese refugee camp in Jhapa district, Nepal at Beldangi II, Sector I-1, Hut No 39, the first question you will be asked is whether you are the one who will take them to see their sons. Ram Chandra Guragai Ram Chandra Guragai The aged couple, Ram Chandra Guragai, 73, and Yasoda, 69, are living on the good will of their neighbors. Simple and essential tasks such as fetching water from the nearby tap and preparing meals are no longer possible for them most of the time. People age all over the world, and in Bhutanese refugee society the elderly are usually cared for by the families of their children. For Ram Chandra and Yasoda, however, this care is a dream, as their family is about 10,000 miles away. Two years ago the Guragai family started the resettlement process. As a family they faced the violent mass exodus from Bhutan. As a family they endured 18 years of struggle and poverty in the refugee camps of south-eastern Nepal.

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Thimphu: Australian Ambassador to Bhutan McCarthy, accredited from New Delhi, called on King Jigme Khesar Namgyal Wangchuk in Tashichodzong on Friday. He arrived Thimphu on Thursday on a weeklong visit.   Details of the issued discussed are given formally, however, strengthening bilateral relations on grounds of the resettled of exiled Bhutanese were primarily discussed, sources [...]

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PARSURAM Sharma-Luital was once arrested for not wearing the compulsory Bhutanese national dress while wading across a river in the blazing sun.

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Refugees express panic as australia delays resettlement process. Less than hundred are resettled by the time this episode was prepared.  Devika adhikari, BNS correspondent from Adelaide, Australa reports on situation of resettled refugees in that country

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