· 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.
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- news.un.org news.un.org/en/story/2008/03/253592
- 2009-2017.state.gov 2009-2017.state.gov/j/prm/policyissues/issues/protracted/countries/157400.htm