As Bhutan disowns, Nepal in a fix over 4 US-deported refugees

Nepal’s home ministry asks foreign ministry to take up the issue with Thimphu through diplomatic channels.

The Nepal government is in a fix over how to handle four Bhutanese refugees who were recently deported by the United States to Thimphu but who later arrived in Jhapa district after Bhutanese authorities expelled them. The refugees had earlier left Nepal for the US under the third-country resettlement programme.