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Refugees from Bhutan get first ID cards in Nepal's camps
10 Dec 2007 The government of Nepal and UNHCR have started to distribute identity cards to the refugees from Bhutan living in seven camps in eastern Nepal in a move to improve protection and assistance for some 108,000 registered refugees. -
Street theatre helps spread HIV/AIDS awareness in Nepal
3 Dec 2007 The UN refugee agency is working on several new projects in Nepal aimed at spreading awareness about HIV and AIDS among conflict-affected people, sex workers and injecting drug users, including the use of street theatre. -
UNHCR rushes supplies to fire-gutted camp in Nepal
12 Nov 2007 Some 400 refugees from Bhutan have received emergency assistance after a fire, believed to have started by accident, swept through Beldangi 1 camp in eastern Nepal. -
Bhutan's refugees to be resettled from Nepal within months
6 Nov 2007 The long-awaited resettlement of refugees from Bhutan will soon start, with the first group of accepted refugees set to leave Nepal's camps early next year. -
Q&A: Introducing refugees from Bhutan to the world
26 Oct 2007 A young American filmmaker who grew up in Nepal has returned to document refugees from Bhutan, in a film that sweeps from the refugee camps of the Nepalese countryside to New York City. -
Dutch children learn to cook dessert on solar cookers used in Nepal camps
5 Jul 2007 Dutch schoolchildren make pancakes in solar cookers used by refugees in Nepal. The cookery class on the rooftop terrace of Amsterdam's Nemo Science Museum was intended to raise awareness about the lives of refugees and the environmental problems they face. -
UNHCR appeals for calm in refugee camps in Nepal
29 May 2007 The UN refugee agency is appealing for calm in refugee camps in eastern Nepal after two refugees died following clashes over the last two days. A camp curfew imposed by government authorities on Monday has now been lifted on four of the seven camps. UNHCR is reviewing its daily presence in the camps. -
Refugees must be free to choose own solution in Nepal, says Guterres
23 May 2007 On his first official visit to Nepal, High Commissioner António Guterres met with high-ranking government officials and with refugees originating from Bhutan to discuss recent resettlement plans and other alternatives. UNHCR is working to explore all possible options, but the ultimate decision lies with the refugees. -
Japanese volleyball Olympians share their skills with refugees in Nepal
11 Apr 2007 Three members of Japan's gold-winning women's volleyball team in the 1976 Montreal Olympics recently visited eastern Nepal to share their knowledge and skills with young refugees.