Tag: #refugees
Articles tagged with #refugees
Harrowing escape from Ukraine
Ukrainian refugee, Valia, recalls the ‘terrible conditions’ during her 1000 km journey to safety with her 13-year-old son. Photo: ED HOLT/IPS“I…
What does ‘Defending Europe’ mean?
Photos: GEOFFROY VAN DER HASSELTAFP / Project SyndicateAfter the Russian attack on Ukraine, the Slovene government immediately proclaimed its…
Afghans in Nepal await resettlement
(From right) Mohamad Arif Ahamadi, his wife Safika and sons Siar and Zuber. Photos: MUKESH POKHRELEver since the most recent Taliban takeover in…
Japan award for Bhutan minister opposed
Lyonpo Dago Tshering served as Bhutan’s Home Minister between 1991-98 and saw the eviction of 100,000 Bhutanese from Nepal, in the world’s…
Kathmandu's Little Kabul
Mohammed Daoud's family paid an agent $6,000 to get to Kathmandu. Photos: GOPAL GARTAULAWhen Mohammed Daoud fled Afghanistan in 2014, he did not…
Family separation, Bhutan-style
A classroom full of Bhutanese refugee children in Beldangi. Many of them have been denied resettlement to be with their families already in the…
No one to care for doctor who cared for everyone
Dr Bhampa Rai with his wife Urmila Rai on Thursday. Photo: Gopal GartaulaIn the early 1990s, Bhutan's royal regime forced out nearly 75,000 of…
Live together, work together
Nepali speaking Bhutanese working at sportswear factory Under Armour in Maryland take a break.After two decades of living in bamboo sheds in…