Here is a story from the Times of India that will make you laugh (well sort of). We are going to resettle about 60,000 Bhutanese (many are of Nepali origin) who had been expelled nearly two decades ago from Bhutan and have been living in camps in Nepal ever since. So last year the US swooped in and said we’ll take a bunch over the next five years. That isn’t the funny part.
This is the funny part (not really): Always in search of an angle to get into America, Nepali girls seem to have hit on just the ticket—marry a refugee.
KATHMANDU: Young Bhutanese refugees have now suddenly become the most sought after for marriage among the eastern Nepalese girls, thanks to a resettlement offer by the US and European countries.
Nepali girls are vying to marry such boys as it would provide golden opportunity to go abroad. This phenomenon is amply visible in Jhapa and Morang districts of Nepal where Bhutanese refugees are settled for the last 17 years.
From January to August some 113 Nepalese girls have tied nuptials with the Bhutanese refugee boys. Earlier, the Bhutanese refugees were seen as source of trouble to them but now they are seen as cause of good fortune.
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