· Spokane, Washington

First Bhutanese Refugees Resettled in the US

history

The first Bhutanese refugee family-ethnic Nepali (Lhotshampa) expelled from Bhutan and long held in camps in Nepal-was resettled in the US, beginning a program that brought over 85,000 Bhutanese, the era's largest such resettlement.

Communities
  • Bhutanese
  • Nepali
Topics
  • refugees
  • community
Event type
  • achievement/first
Regions
  • South Asian

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