Two days ago I told you about the murder of Hari Adhikari in Jacksonville, FL.  Hari was 21 years old and in the US for only 5 months when he was shot and killed for his wallet and phone in the parking lot of his apartment building.  Here is the post I wrote where several other refugees have written to comment.

I encourage other refugees to write to us and give us more facts about this murder and about your lives in Jacksonville or elsewhere.   This blog is one of the few places where your story will reach the publics’ attention.  You probably can’t understand this, but the politically correct mainstream media and the US government and its contractors (resettlement agencies) do  not want the public to know the unhappy side of refugee resettlement.  They all want to feel good about themselves (that includes most reporters!) and showing any of the problems with the program brings their goodness, their humanitarianism, into question.   Thus, there is never any real effort made at reform and as a consequence refugees suffer.

Here is the comment to us last night from Bhutanese refugee Yadu Subedi:

This horrifing news of the death of one of the promising Bhutanese refugee youth has created an environment of truauma among the many Bhutanese Refugees already resettled and will be resettled in USA.

One thing I am unclear is why are Bhutanese refugee resettled in such a neighbourhood knowing it is dangerous since it’s the no.1 in relation to the crime in florida and Hari is the 19th refugee to be killed in Jacksonville in the last five years.Are the resettlement agencies only after the Gov. money and donot bothher about the safety of the people being resettled by them.

I am also one of the Bhutanese refugee resettled in Texas who is living a life full of frustration and trauma of being insecure. I came here with great expectation but all my hope sattered after I face the reality of the place.

I am helpless to help Yadu except that I will send this story to every reporter I know and hope that someone will help him get answers and maybe eventually there will be a groundswell of public disgust and a demand that the program be reformed.  That is my fervent wish!   And, maybe, just maybe, Hari’s life and death will help other refugees.

For reporters and new readers:  We have written extensively on how the Bhutanese have come to be in the US.  Please use our search function for “Bhutanese refugees” for all of our previous posts.