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To mark these milestones, the governments that have generously welcomed
Bhutanese refugees and offered them citizenship - the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Norway, Denmark, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom, hopefully joined by India and other regional players - should now press
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Since 2007, 8 resettlement countries – Australia (3,837), Canada (5,296), Denmark (724), the
Netherlands (326), New Zealand (710), Norway (546), the United Kingdom (257) and the United States (63,400) – have together resettled over 75,000 Bhutanese refugees from the camps in
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She seemed to have made quite a 'diplomatically' impressive decision when she chose to wear an India-born designer's creation when she had to welcome Indian and
Bhutanese expats who live, work and study in Britain to Kensington Palace in
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Bhutanese refugees reflected on their own migration trajectories in the UK. Their accounts covered expectations and triumphs as well as struggles and
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Capital: Supportive of Bhutanese Refugees' Integration in the United States" (Volume 21 ed.). Journal of International Migration and Integration.
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Programme, the UK's international awards scheme aimed at developing global leaders to meet them at a reception at their
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