Different kinds of exiled Bhutanese, who have been longing for their official registration, have started filling out forms from Tuesday for their verification. However, no timeframe has been announced yet regarding resumption of stalled Joint Verification Team (JVT).
Over 500 forms were distributed from Beldangi-II on the first day, according to an official of the Refugee Coordination Unit (RCU) at Chandragadhi, Jhapa.
It is said that the asylum seekers will get a time of 30 days to submit their details for verification.
“Once asylum seekers complete filling up the forms, the district administration will submit a detailed report to the Ministry of Home Affairs. Then, the actual registration process will resume,” said Assistant Chief District Officer of Jhapa, Yogendra Dulal.
Meanwhile, BNS has learnt from a highly placed source that non-Bhutanese women (Indian and Nepalese) married to Bhutanese would not be included in the registration at least for this time.
According to a group that has been advocating for refugee status, over 3,000 exiled Bhutanese and non-Bhutanese women are deprived of their official recognition in the UN-monitored refugee camps of Jhapa and Morang.
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the realities on the ground here is the RCU office is not accepting the filled up forms from people who are genuinely left out from the family members.
There are few cases where only one member of a family has been left out from obtaining refugee status and not taken the photo too in 2007-08 though these people have been trying to register for the past few years but in vain, And this time too they are denied. Can anybody help?
here the RCU supervisor is not accepting the forms from genuine bhutanese who have been left out from the both criteria mentioned.
they should actually accept the forms and study the genuineness of the persons. I urge GoN/UN agencies to please direct these camp supervisors to please study our forms and papers and take the interview and know the real scenario, the broken family people are facing in bhutan. (broken family = all members are refugee except one from the family)