Some 10,000 refugees have expressed their willingness to return to their home in Bhutan. [break]
A 21-member delegation of the Elderly Citizen Repatriation Committee has submitted a memorandum to the government officials on Saturday demanding to support Bhutanese refugees´ repatriation efforts.
In the memo, the Committee has claimed that different donor agencies have forced the Bhutanese refugees for third country resettlement.
Spokesperson of Committee Santa Bir Ghale also said that number of forced divorcees has shoot up overnight in the name of third country resettlement.
The Committee has also urged not to play against the interest of Bhutanese refugees by encouraging their family members for third country resettlement.
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