11.12.2005 - Source: ReliefWeb

Indian police stopped hundreds of exiled Nepali Bhutanese from entering India as they tried to return to Bhutan; over 100,000 ethnic Nepali Bhutanese live in camps in eastern Nepal on the border with India after Bhutan's king stripped them of citizenship or forced them to leave because they campaigned for democracy in Himalayan kingdom ("Indian police push back Nepali Bhutanese refugees (Reuters)") [#40467],  [ID 6894]

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25.07.2005 - Source: Refugees International

As result of 9 year Maoist conflict in Nepal, greater numbers of Nepalis are going to India where they face protection concerns; they are often denied their basic legal rights and are vulnerable to labor rights violations and various forms of exploitation ("India: Nepali migrants in need of protection") [#35620],  [ID 6895]

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25.07.2005 - Source: Refugees International

As result of 9 year Maoist conflict in Nepal, greater numbers of Nepalis are going to India where they face protection concerns; they are often denied their basic legal rights and are vulnerable to labor rights violations and various forms of exploitation ("India: Nepali migrants in need of protection") [#35620],  [ID 8176]

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24.05.2004 - Source: US Committee for Refugees and Immigrants

Annual report on conditions affecting refugees and asylum seekers in 2003 ("World Refugee Survey 2004") [#22816],  [ID 6896]

"At the end of 2003, some 317,000 refugees were living in India, including some 100,000 Tibetans, an estimated 50,000 refugees from Myanmar, some 15,000Lhotsampa--ethnic Nepalese refugees from Bhutan, and some 11,500 mandate refugees, mostly Afghans (10,300) assisted by UNHCR, and some 400 claims pending before UNHCR. In addition, almost 100,000 Sri Lankan refugees remained in India with some 20,000 living unrecognized by the government outside of camps, some 20,000 registered with the police outside the camps and almost 60,000 government-recognized refugees in camps. Thousands of Nepalese also fled to India during the year, and up to 40,000 Afghans were living in India unassisted by UNHCR. According to the Dalai Lama’s office, some 3,500 Tibetans arrived in India in 2003. The Indian authorities permitted Tibetan refugees to enter, but the government has not granted legal temporary residence to most Tibetans who arrived in recent years."

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10.02.2004 - Source: BBC News

India has handed over two senior Nepalese Maoist rebel leaders, arrested in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, to Nepal ("India 'hands over' Nepal rebels") [#19245],  [ID 6897]

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25.11.2003 - Source: BBC News

Assam: hundreds of people left the state after outbreak of ethnically motivated violence targeting Biharis and Hindi-speakers that left more than 40 people dead and app. 160 people injured ("Fearful settlers flee Assam attacks") [#17856],  [ID 6898]

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12.07.2002 - Source: Amnesty International

4 Nepalese nationals, suspected to be sympathetic to Maoists and currently held in detention in India, facing imminent deportation to Nepal/ there are fears that if they are forced to return, they could be at risk of torture ("India/ Nepal - UA 211/02") [#7878],  [ID 6899]

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30.01.2002 - Source: Amnesty International

5 Nepalis, arrested in December, reportedly held incommunicado, tortured during interrogation first by Delhi police, and then by Nepali police officers in Lucknow, released ("India - UA 321/01") [#5452],  [ID 6900]

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18.12.2001 - Source: Amnesty International

Fear of torture and ill treatment of 5 Nepalis who were taken away by men believed to be members of the Indian security forces/ ("India - UA 321/01") [#5065],  [ID 6901]

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