Identifier
Created
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06KATHMANDU2597
2006-09-25 11:24:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Kathmandu
Cable title:  

NEPAL: THREE VULNERABLE BHUTANESE REFUGEES LEAVING

Tags:  PREF CVIS CA BT NP 
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TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 3276
INFO RUEHBJ/AMEMBASSY BEIJING PRIORITY 4815
RUEHLM/AMEMBASSY COLOMBO PRIORITY 5044
RUEHKA/AMEMBASSY DHAKA PRIORITY 0194
RUEHIL/AMEMBASSY ISLAMABAD PRIORITY 3042
RUEHLO/AMEMBASSY LONDON PRIORITY 4438
RUEHNE/AMEMBASSY NEW DELHI PRIORITY 0277
RUEHOT/AMEMBASSY OTTAWA PRIORITY 0191
RUEHGV/USMISSION GENEVA PRIORITY 1253
RUCNDT/USMISSION USUN NEW YORK PRIORITY 1965
C O N F I D E N T I A L KATHMANDU 002597

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E.O. 12958: DECL: 09/25/2016
TAGS: PREF CVIS CA BT NP
SUBJECT: NEPAL: THREE VULNERABLE BHUTANESE REFUGEES LEAVING
SEPTEMBER 26

REF: SECSTATE 156817

Classified By: Ambassador James F. Moriarty. Reasons 1.4 (b/d).

(C) Three out of the 16 minor Bhutanese refugees from Nepal
who the United Nations High Commissioner for Human
Rights-Nepal (UNHCR) classified as vulnerable will leave
Nepal on the afternoon of September 26 for the United States.
The three refugees will be accompanied to the U.S. by
representatives from the International Organization for
Migration. Post and UNHCR has been working with the
Government of Nepal (GON) for over a year to obtain travel
documents for these vulnerable refugees to leave Nepal. The
Foreign Ministry, on the advice of the Home Ministry, finally
issued the necessary documents on September 25. Immediately
after the GON issued the documents to the refugees, the
Consular Section issued transportation packets for them,
allowing them safe entry into the United States. Kimberly
Roberson, protection officer at UNHCR, said that the other 13
cases (going to Canada) were not yet ready for processing by
the Canadians due to pending medical clearances. Roberson
stated that she did not foresee any problems when it came
time for travel documents to be issued to the other 13.
MORIARTY