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Nishchal Aawaz

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1 Year Later, Deported Bhutanese Refugees Feel the Psychological Toll of Statelessness

Bhutanese deportees in South Asia are confronting worsening mental health conditions as prolonged statelessness, family separation, and lack of legal...

20.05.2026 10

The Diplomat

Nishchal Aawaz

Bhutanese Refugees Deported From the US Find Themselves Stateless Once More

Purna Bhandari, 38, was just a child when his family was driven out of Bhutan in the early 1990s during a campaign of ethnic cleansing against...

19.04.2025 40

The Diplomat

Nishchal Aawaz