Ethnic cleansing of Lhotshampa in Bhutan
Expulsion and ethnic cleansing of Nepalis in Bhutan
Ethnic cleansing of Lhotshampa in Bhutan
Ethnic cleansing of Lhotshampa in Bhutan refers to acts of violence to remove the Lhotshampa, or ethnic Nepalis, from Bhutan. Inter-ethnic tensions in Bhutan have resulted in the flight of many Lhotshampa to Nepal. By 1996, over 100,000 Bhutanese refugees (40% of Bhutan's Lhotshampa population at the time) were living in refugee camps in Nepal. The exact figure has been disputed. The Bhutanese authorities also claim that the number of refugees has been rising since 1991, when there were only 300. UNHRC camps in eastern Nepal received about 6,000 refugees from Bhutan at the height of the conflict, but the number shot up in the following years, reaching over 100,000 by the end of 1993.
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