June 20, 2010 2:19 PM

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World Refugee Day

<br/>Third country resettlement of Bhutanese refugees is the largest resettlement programme worldwide, says UNHCR: United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) today said that the third country resettlement of refugees in Nepal has become its largest resettlement programme worldwide.<br/><br/>In a statement issued today on the occasion of World Refugee Day today, the UN refugee agency informed that 32,000 refugees from Bhutan have left Nepal for United States and other countries since the launch of the resettlement programme in November 2007.<br/><br/>UNHCR Representative in Nepal St’phane Jaquemet said the theme for this year's World Refugee Day is 'Home' and to date, more than 32,000 refugees from Bhutan have arrived in their new homes in resettlement countries.

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