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In Bhutan

Much of the website focuses on the plight of Bhutanese refugees who have lived in exile outside of their homeland since the early 1990s. 

This section concentrates on the situation inside Bhutan and highlight some of the difficulties faced by the Lhotshampa population still there.

Significant numbers ofLhotshampas are still living in Bhutan.

There is ample evidence that the Bhutanese government continues to discriminate against them, and that they are a vulnerable section of the population.

King Jigme Singye Wangchuk propounded Gross National Happiness as the unifying concept for Bhutan’s development, yet many Bhutanese remain to be included in the project.

History and Geography

Bhutan is a landlocked, mountainous country with an area of approximately 46,500 square kilometres.

The land rises from an elevation of about 100 metres above sea level in the south an altitude of more than 7,550 metres in the north. Fast-flowing rivers provide water for hydro-el