The administration of Nepal says, 'Homework is being done to return the way they came.'
Due to their involvement in criminal activities, the US sent 10 Bhutanese people to Bhutan after being 'deported'. However, the Bhutan government has returned all those who were deported to Nepal as refugees.
After arriving at Paro Airport in Thimphu from America, they were left at Phunchyoling-Jaigaon, the India-Bhutan border post, after traveling for 6 and a half hours. Then the Indian security personnel made them travel 166 kilometers and left them in a tank at the border point of eastern Nepal.
They arrived at the water tank on Friday night and entered Nepal secretly. Among them, three people who entered Nepal illegally have been arrested by the police. Since the corona epidemic, India has been conducting one-way 'verification' of identity cards for travelers coming and going at the Kankadvitta-Panitanki crossing. Because of this, it is not as seamless as it used to be in the past. However, it has been revealed that those Bhutanese entered Nepal at night by bribing brokers at the checkpoint.
After it was difficult to come from the main gate of Mechipul, the brokers drove them through the Khoribari gate of Panitanki South. For which they paid 10/10 thousand. They arrived at Beldangi at 9 pm on Friday and were arrested by the police on Saturday afternoon.
Ashish Savedi, Santosh Darji and Roshan Tamang, who sneaked into Nepal and reached Beldangi camp, were arrested by the police. He was arrested on Saturday afternoon and handed over to the immigration office at Kakadvitta. Ashish went directly to meet his father. Dil Bhutani, a Bhutanese rights activist, informed that the rumors of their arrival spread in the camp and then they were arrested by the security forces.
According to rights activist Dil Bhutani, immigration and security officials at Paro airport instructed them to leave the country immediately. After that, they were put in a car and brought to Jaigaon (India) border and left.
They were told by the Bhutanese authorities that you are not a citizen of this country, it will be beneficial for you to leave Bhutan immediately. It is estimated by the police that the remaining 7 of the 10 have entered Nepal illegally and are living in an unknown place.
Assistant Chief District Officer of Jhapa Suresh Acharya said that the homework is being done to return the Bhutanese who entered illegally to Bhutan. "There is an order from above to send them the way they came", he said, "we will do that."
Bhutanese or Nepalese?
After being expelled from Bhutan, the Bhutanese living as refugees in Nepal were brought to America under the resettlement plan. But the United States is going to deport such people and send them back for being involved in criminal activities after reaching there.
Recently, 40 people involved in such criminal activities are being prepared to be deported. 10 of them were returned to Bhutan on Friday. Now a serious debate has been created about the destination of their 'deportation'.
America deported and sent to Bhutan. But after Bhutan sent them to Nepal again, confusion has arisen as to where the destination of their deportation will be. According to US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), the men were arrested based on past records linked to criminal activity.
They have been arrested after 2012 due to criminal incidents. More than 30 Bhutanese refugees in the state of Pennsylvania are in ICE custody. According to refugee rights activists, the deportation of Bhutanese refugees has created uncertainty and fear. Bhutan does not consider them to be returned as Bhutanese citizens.
'Bhutan initially accepted them as its citizens', the Bhutanese rights activist said, 'but now again they are being chased to Nepal by showing fear.'
He says, "It is necessary for the Nepalese government to think seriously about the issue of where they are citizens from." Human rights activists say that the community of Bhutanese refugees living in America is living in doubt and fear.
They are confused about where to go after the depot . "Bhutan does not recognize its citizens, they have no basis to live in Nepal", asked TB Rai, another human rights activist, "Who will protect their human rights at this time?" Which is likely to directly affect the Bhutanese refugees and their future . The reason behind the inclusion of Bhutan in this list is the US administration's tough approach and its association with the criminal activities of Bhutanese refugees. Bhutanese refugee leaders have expressed the need to raise their voices in favor of diplomatic pressure and a just solution to this incident between Bhutan and Nepal.
"This incident has once again caused the fear of an unsafe and uncertain future in the Bhutanese refugee community", said Tilak Niraula, a Bhutanese rights activist based in the US, "If this issue is not resolved quickly, the problem may become complicated in the future". were . More than 100,000 Bhutanese refugees are currently living in America. Of which more than 70 thousand are in the state of Pennsylvania .
