Camp Secretaries have asked the Government of Nepal to grant “refugee status” to all asylum seekers without any delay.
In a joint letter addressed to Prime Minister Dr Baburam Bhattarai on Sunday, four Camp Secretaries said the government should initiate verification of all asylum seekers and others, who have not been accepted as refugees due to various reasons, before the start of consolidation of Khudunabari camp into Beldangi.
The secretaries of Beldangi, Sanischare, Timai and Khudunabari camps also demanded immediate processing of third country resettlement cases at the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.
“All those files pending at the UNHCR should be immediately forwarded to the International Organisation for Migration’s office for further processing,” said secretaries in the letter.
They also accused the Lutheran World Federation of unmanaged camp settlement during the camp merging.
Meanwhile, a woman advocacy group from among those who are without “refugee status” was formed last week. The group announced that Durga Devi Bista will lead the nine-member advocacy group.
