P.E.I. could settle more refugees

P.E.I. is likely to play a role in resettling some of the refugees recently approved for a federal program.
Ottawa recently approved the resettling of 500 more refugees under the Government-Assisted Refugees Program. The program is targeted at people stuck in refugee camps.
Madan Kumar Giri is all too familiar with refugee camps. He and his family spent 16 years in one of the refugee camp in Nepal, before resettling on P.E.I. four years ago. Giri and his family were forced out of their country for political reasons.
"We have a very nice system here in Canada," Giri told CBC News Thursday.
"We have a place to live in, we have a country. As a whole we feel very, very happy to be here."

The Giris were allowed to come to the Island under the Government-Assisted Refugees Program. There are between 65 and 70 refugees who have come to the Island under the program. More are now expected.
"Citizenship and Immigration … would have to look at whether or not, in discussions with us, whether we could accommodate more," said Craig Mackie of the P.E.I. Association for Newcomers, "making sure we could look after them properly and settle them."
Mackie said the association helps refugees with a broad range of issues, from learning English to learning how to use a dishwasher.

Some cost to province
It's too early to say how many new refugees could come to the Island, said Paul Snow of Citizenship and Immigration Canada on P.E.I. It will partly be a matter of how many the province can afford. "There are of course costs that the province ends up being responsible for as well: medicare costs and social costs in schools and things like that," said Snow.

"On the other hand there are benefits to the province of having a higher population and more cosmopolitan international population."

Snow said the federal government is willing to provide more funding as more refugees settle here.

PM Nepal asks his Bhutanese counterpart to take back refugees

Visiting Bhutanese Prime Minister Jigme Y. Thinley called on his Nepali counterpart Madhav Kumar Nepal and held discussion on issues of bilateral interests at the Prime Ministerial office in Kathmandu.

During the meeting, PM Nepal raised the contentious issue of Bhutanese refugees, most of the them still languishing in the refugee camps in eastern Nepal, and sought the support of the Bhutan government in their repatriation.

"It is the inborn right of the Bhutanese refugees to get repatriated with due respect as the third country settlement option is not a lasting solution to the crisis," Rajan Bhattarai, Foreign Relations Advisor to the PM quoted him as saying to his Bhutanese counterpart.

In reply, the Bhutanese Prime Minister is said to have stressed on more bilateral talks to find out an amicable solution to the refugee problem.

Bhutan is concerned about the refugee crisis and is ready to hold talks with Nepal, though the third country settlement process is underway satisfactorily," Thinley said.
The two government heads also dwelt on the possible agendas of the upcoming SAARC Summit scheduled to be held in Bhutan this year. The two further agreed to raise the issue of climate change as a priority agenda in the forthcoming regional meet.
Early today, Thinley arrived in Kathmandu to extend a message of condolence on his own and on behalf of the Bhutanese people to the government and people of Nepal on the 13 day of the demise of former prime minister the late Girija Prasad Koirala.
He flew back home this evening.

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हालसम्म पुनर्वास गइसकेका बाहेक नेपालको झापा र मोरङमा रहेका सात शिविरका शरणार्थीहरुलाई आगामी दुइ महिनाभित्रमा अमेरिकाले लगिसक्ने भएको छ । अमेरिका वाहेक अन्य देशका लागि प्रकृयामा रहेका शरणार्थीहरुलाई अमेरिकाले ती देशहरुमा दुइ महिनाभित्रमा लगि सक्नु पर्ने, यदि नसक्ने भएमा अमेरिकालाई जानकारी दिन सात दिनको समयसीमा तोकिदिएको छ । जुन शरणार्थीहरुलाई अन्य देशहरुले २ महिनामा उडाउन सक्दैनन् उनीहरुको प्रकृया अप्रिल १० तारिकदेखि अमेरिकाका लागि शुरु हुने पनि जनाइएको छ ।

आज विहानै नेपालका लागि अमेरिकका कार्यवाहक राजदुत डोनाल्ड क्याम्पले नेपाल टेलिभिजनमार्फत उक्त जानकारी गराएका हुन् ।

उनले भने - परिवारिक विखण्डन, शिविरभित्रका शरणार्थीहरुको असुरक्षा, असामाजिक कृयाकलाप र उछृङ्खलता बढेको शरणार्थीहरुले गुनासो गरेपछि मानविय आधारमा अमेरिकाले यस्तो निर्णय गरेको हो । यो प्रकृया अलिकति जटिल त छ, तर हामी हाम्रो वलवुताले भ्याएसम्म मे महिनाको अन्तिम दिनसम्ममा भए पनि भुटानी शरणार्थीका लागि नेपालमा बनाइएका सातै वटा शिविर खाली गरिसक्नेछौं । उनले अगाडि थपे - पुनर्वासमा जान नचाहनेहरुका लागि एउटा मात्र विकल्प बाँकी रहेको र त्यो विकल्प भनेको दुइ हप्तापछि भुटानमा हुने सोह्रौं सार्क शिखर सम्मेलनमा पर्यवेक्षकका रुपमा गएका अमेरिका लगायतका देशहरुले भुटानसँग उसका नागरिक फर्काउन दवाव दिने, यदि भुटानले फर्काउन नचाहेमा ती शरणार्थीहरुले आफ्नो व्यवस्था दुइ महिनाभित्रमा आफैं गरिसक्नु पर्नेछ, मे महिनाको पहिलो हप्तादेखि शरणार्थीका लागि भनेर बसेका कुनै पनि कार्यालय रहने छैनन् ।

अन्तमा उनले भने - यो कार्यमा अमेरिकालाई साथ दिन पुनर्वास दिने अन्य सातवटा देशका साथै सवै भुटानी शरणार्थीहरु, नेपाल सरकार र सम्वन्धित सवैलाई अमेरिकी सरकारका तर्फबाट म हार्दिक अनुरोध गर्दछु ।
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Bhutanese Cultural Interaction Held at Eastmont Wellness Center

The Bhutanese and other Himalayan community members have a lot to thank for to the medical personnel at Eastmont Wellness Center, who have always been there for our communities ‘health needs. So as a gesture of thanks, the staffs were treated with their own private event present with entertainment and cultural food.

The event was organized by the Bhutanese American Community Center (BACC) in close coordination with Ms. Nisha Thapa, a family nurse practitioner and president of Sahayeta.Org, Mrs. Sambo Ly, director of refugee program in Alameda county medical center. It was a unique special way to say thank you to the doctors, nurses, and staff of Eastmont Wellness Center of Alameda County Health Department, for their extra ordinary care and services rendered to the Bhutanese and other Himalayan communities.BACC executives were confident that the relationship between Bhutanese community and Alameda County Health Department - Eastmont wellness center, High land Hospital and Oakland Children’s Hospital would strengthen and meet the expectations of our communities.

Over 70 medical personnel were present for the lunch who delightfully relished traditionally Bhutanese dishes—such as kewa, darshi, chicken paa, rice and dal. Mr. Jiwan subba, secretary of BACC briefs the entire medical personnel on Bhutan, its refugees and resettlement in the East Bay’s- fast emerging community While at lunch a solo dance performance was staged by Ms. Pooja Sharma a student at the local community college in Oakland. BACC and Alameda County Hospitals have come to redefine the paradigm of their relationships, to build a stronger bridge between themselves wherein the community can now address general health issues more comfortably and confidently.

SAARC Summit on April 28-29,Preparation Completed

The 16th summit of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) will be held in Bhutan on April 28-29 this year.

Leaders of the eight-nation group will focus on climate issues at the summit, an apparent regional follow-up of the United Nations (UN) Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen on securing global pledges on emission cuts.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has already been invited to atend the summit

Diplomatic sources told BSS here on Saturday that nearly 450 delegates from the member-states Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, the Maldives, Nepal, Sri Lanka and host country Bhutan are expected to atend the summit, besides a 150-member media team.

In addition, 68 editors and journalists from South Asia would participate in the South Asian Free Media Association (SAFMA) summit, a customary event parallel to the SAARC summit

The summit will also be atended by observers from China, Japan, European Union, Republic of Korea, USA, Australia, Mauritius and Iran.

The pre-summit meetings will commence in the third week of April at the Bhutan's Royal Banquet Hall while the main summit will be held at the country's National Assembly Hall.

The Bhutan Observer reported recently that Thimphu, Capital of the Himalayan Kingdom, would receive a major facelift with gates, flags and banners.

शरणार्थी सेरोफेरो

अन्तर्राष्ट्रिय महिला दिवस आज सातै भुटानी शरणार्थी शिविरहरूमा विभिन्न कार्यक्रम गरि मनाइयोयस क्रममा भुटानी शरणार्थी शिविर वेलडाँगीका महिलाहरूले महिला अधिकार नै मानव अधिकार हो भन्दै विभिन्न नाराका साथ शिविर परिक्रम गरि महिला मञ्चको खुल्ला प्रांगणमा कोण सभा गरेका थिए ।


नारीका प्रत्यक्ष तथा अप्रत्यक्ष पिडाहरुलाई सम्बोधन गर्ने उद्देश्यले भूटान मिडिया सोसाइटी र भुटानी महिला मञ्चको संयुक्त आयोजनमा (बेलडाँगी १को महिला मञ्चमा) शरणार्थी महिलाहरुको दयनिय अवस्था र दिन प्रतिदिन बढ्दो घरेलु हिंसालाई कसरी रोकथाम गर्न सकिन्छ भने विषयमा अर्न्तकृयात्मक छलफल गरि हरेक समस्याको समाधान खोज्ने प्रयास गरिएको छ ।
एक सय औं अर्न्तराष्ट्रिय श्रमिक महिला दिवसमा समाजका असहाय महिला तथा एकल महिलालाई अगाडि बढाउने उद्देश्य लिएर बेलडाँगी १ का चन्द्रमाया विश्व र दिलमाया राईलाई महिला मञ्चले उपहार दिएको थियो । उपहार लिएपछि दिलमाया र चन्द्रमायाले सहयोगी सस्थाहरु जि एच आर डि, नेदरलेन्डमा पूनरवास भएका भूटानीहरुलाई धन्यवाद दिएका दिए ।

महिला मञ्चका सल्लहकार अमर लिम्बु, भूपु क्याम्प सचिब शनिश्चरे मेनुका नेपाल, रनमाया चापागाई, शिविर सुपरिवेक्षक हर्क ब. राई, यूएनएचसिआरका प्रतिनिधि गंगा सेन, शिविर सचिब टि.बि.गुरुङ्ग आदिले युग परिवर्तन संगसंगै महिलाहरुको अधिकार पनि प्राप्त हुनुपर्छ भन्दै मन्तव्य राखेका दिए ।

सात शरणार्थी शिविरमा विभिन्न तरिकाले माहिला दिवस केन्द्रीय महिला मञ्चले सम्पन्न गरेका छन् भने बेलडागी १ मा पनि पूनवास भएका भूटानीहरुको सहयोग र विदेशी संस्था जिएचआर डिको संयुक्त सहयोगमा महिला दिवाश महिला मञ्चकी सचिब पुणिमाया राईको सभाध्याक्षतामा सम्पन्न भएको छ ।

गोलधाप शिविरमा भुटानी शरणार्थी महिला मञ्चले आयोजना गरेको कार्यक्रममा र्यालीका साथै वालन र संगीनी खेलि अन्तराष्ट्रिय महिला दिवस मनाएका छन् ।

महिलाहरु कृयाशिलता एवम् सृजनशिलता नै विश्व परिवर्तनको नमुना हो भन्दै नेपाल सरकारका प्रतिनिधि हर्क ब. राईले भूटानी महिलाहरुलाई अग्रसर हु्ने प्रेरणा दिनु भएको थियो भने गंगा सेनले पुरुषहरुले पनि महिलाहरु को अधिकार संरक्षण गर्न अहम भुमिका खेल्नु पर्ने भन्दै चोटीलो महत्ब्य ब्यक्त गर्नुभएको थियो । साथै यूवा मैत्री केन्द्रका यूवाहरुले हामी पनि सक्छौं -महिला अधिकार खोज्न र शिविरलाई शान्त बनाउन भन्दै विभिन्न प्रकारका समाज परिवर्तन गर्ने खालका गित तथा नृत्य प्रस्तुत गरेकोमा प्रेरणा स्वरुप उपहार प्रदान गरियो ।
भूटानी शरणार्थी शिविर बेलाडगी २मा आज करिब १ बजेतिर एक भूटानी महिलाले झुण्डिएर आत्महत्या गरेकी छिन् ।

शरणार्थी शिविर वेलडाँगी २, डी ४ छाप्रा नं. ५७ की पविमाया कार्कीले नजिकैको हम्सेदुम्से सामुदायिक वनमा गई आत्महत्या गरेकी हुन् । उनले पहिलेको श्रीमानलाई छोडेर अर्को पुरुषसँग दोश्रो विवाह गरेपछि समाजले उनलाई पहिलेकै श्रीमानसँग फर्किन दवाव दिएपछि आत्महत्या गरेको हुन सक्ने प्रहरीको अनुमान छ ।
भुटानी शरणार्थी वालमञ्चले आजदेखि तीन दिने योजना तालिम दिन शुरु गरेको छ । सातै शिविरका गरि ३० जना वाल सहजकर्ता र केन्द्रीय पदाधिकारीहरुको सहभागितमा तालिम भइरहेको छ । असहाय वालवालिकाहरुको हितलाई ध्यान दिइ उक्त तालिमको आयोजना गरिएको हो । काठमाण्डौबाट आउनु भएका वाल विशेषज्ञ प्रतिनिधि प्रकाश कोइरालाले तालिममा सहजीकरण गरिरहनु भएको छ ।





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