They lost their Nepalese citizenship years ago and are now living in a ‘stateless limbo’ amid Trump’s deportations
Aasis Subedi, a Bhutanese Nepali refugee, finds himself back in the same Nepal refugee camp he spent part of his youth, once again stateless.
Last month, Subedi and two dozen community members from across the US were deported by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) officers to Bhutan, the tiny Himalayan country where they had never previously set foot. At least four, including Subedi, were immediately rejected by Bhutanese authorities and then expelled to India, where they fled to a refugee camp in Nepal.
Written by Stephen Starr in Reynoldsburg, Ohio
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/21/us-deports-bhutanese-refugee-stateless-limbo under the title “Bhutanese Nepalis fled ethnic cleansing for the US. Trump is returning them to the refugee camps”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
