Verification of refugees in Morang to start

December 2, 2003
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December 02, 2003

KATHMANDU:  The verification of 20,400 Bhutanese refugees at the Sanischere camp in Morang will start early next year, Nepali official sources said. Nepali and Bhutanese officials agreed to begin the verification at a meeting in Damak, Jhapa, Monday.

More that 100,000 refugees have been living in seven UNHCR-administered camps in Morang and Jhapa for 13 years. Repatriation of 12,000 refugees from the Khudnabari camp will begin February 2004.