US resettles 75,000 Bhutanese refugees from Camps.

Of the nearly 89,000 Bhutanese refugees resettled in the third countries so far, the United States of America (USA) alone has resettled 75,000 Bhutanese refugees as of Tuesday. 

According to the US embassy in Kathmandu, the 75,000th refugee from Bhutan departed from Nepal for the USA on Tuesday. 

Forty-four-year-old Tilak Chand Ghimire left Nepal with his wife, 12-year-old daughter and 75-year-old parents to start a new life in Akron, Ohio
where his brother resettled in 2010. “I am 80% excited and 20% scared,” the statement quoted Ghimire as saying. 

Ghimire said he will need to work hard and learn English to succeed in the US. “I am most excited about the opportunities in the US available to people like us. We are not citizens of anywhere now, but in America we have the possibility of belonging,” the statement quoted Ghimire as telling further. 

“The US has long accepted refugees from around the world, and we are very proud to continue this tradition with the Bhutanese refugees,” noted US Ambassador to Nepal Peter W Bodde on the occasion of the departure of 75,000th Bhutanese refugees to the USA from Nepal.

The US in close coordination with the government of Nepal, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the International Organization for Migration (IOM), began resettling refugees from Bhutan residing in eastern Nepal in 2007. The US and other countries participating in this resettlement program -- Australia, Canada, Denmark, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, and the United Kingdom -- have collectively resettled 88,770 Bhutanese refugees. 

The deadline for expressing interest to resettle in the US has been set for 30th June 2014. The US will continue to resettle Bhutanese refugees till June 30, 2014.