283 Exit Permits issued, first group to leave in mid-March

Kathmandu, February 27: Government of Nepal has so far issued 283 Exit Permits to exiled Bhutanese whose pre-resettlement processes have completed.

“We have an official deployed at Damak to issue Exit Permit to those who wish to adopt third country resettlement” said Sahana Pradhan, Minister for Foreign Affairs.

In a radio interview with one of private FM stations in Kathmandu Pradhan said “First group of Bhutanese would leave to America latest by mid-March”. Bhutan News Service