Three Nepalis register as refugees in Beldangi camp

Source: Nepalnews.com
Three Nepalis have been reported registered as refugees in Beldangi II camp during the ongoing census carried out jointly by the UNHCR and Nepal government.

According to apfanews.com, a news portal run by the refugees, assistant chief of the Refugee Coordination Unit (RCU) of the camp Shat Kumar Pokhrel registered three Nepalis under a family whose three members were absent during the earlier round of census.

Editor of the news portal TP Mishra told Nepalnews that three Nepalis were registered under the Sigdel family of Sector I-4 of the camp.

The census team is also reported to have agreed for interviewing the three members of the family on May 5 after prolonged debate and discussion. The three Nepalis were registered on January 28.

The report said the RCU official tried to bribe the Sigdel family with Rs 5,000 pleading not to leak out the issue.

The Sigdel family was shown only the photos of those Nepalis who were registered but not allowed to see their names and other details because of which they were unable to identify the persons.

The UNHCR said investigation into the issue has already begun.

The census is due to end on May 11.

Census in camps to update population statistics

Source: Apfanews.com
Biratnagar, September 28: UN resident representative in Nepal Mathew Kahane has said census to count the exiled Bhutanese staying in eastern Nepal would start immediately after the Hindu festivals ends.
The documentation of the population figure is being undertaken for updating information on the latest health, education and other status of the exiled Bhutanese in the camps including children, women and disabled.

Talking to media persons in Biratnagar on Wednesday, Kahane said he discussed the matter with the officers of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Damak on the possibilities to carry out counting working after Tihar.

"The UNHCR is doing preparatory works for that," Kahane said.
Opining that there should not be only one option for solving the crisis, he emphasized seeking different solutions as per the circumstances, aspirations and needs of the concerned people.

He denied commenting on the role of India in finding solution of the one-and-half-decade long crisis.