Siddique Islam – AHN South Asia Correspondent
Washington, DC (AHN) – The U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Population, Refugees and Migration Ellen Sauerbrey will visit Nepal, Bhutan and India. She will visit those nations from Oct. 29 to Nov. 9.
During her trip, she will meet with refugees who are benefiting from United States government funded programs in the region. She will also assess the progress and implementation of a program that will resettle vulnerable Bhutanese refugees in the U.S.
In Nepal, Sauerbrey will meet United Nations and Nepali government officials involved in refugee issues and visit refugee camps and the newly established resettlement processing center in the Jhapa district.
After Kathmandu, Sauerbrey will travel to Bhutan and India, where she will seek assistance from the Royal government of Bhutan and the government of India in promoting durable solutions, including voluntary repatriation, for the Bhutanese refugees.
She will also visit U.S. funded programs providing assistance to Tibetan refugees.
