They are changing America by changing the people
I think this is probably the same report we have mentioned previously, but since we have so many new readers lately and a lot of recent news on Bhutanese (Nepalese) refugees, it’s best to repeat it rather than to have some readers not know about it. For several reasons, mostly joblessness and family stress over … Continue reading Excessively high Bhutanese suicide rate in US comes up in alerts again
There is nothing new in this story from the The Columbus Dispatch. We have reported ad nauseum about the high suicide rate among Bhutanese (really Nepali) refugees first admitted during the Bush Administration. Even before Bush’s Asst. Secretary of State for Population Refugees and Migration, Ellen Sauerbrey, gave the go-ahead to resettle 60,000 from UN … Continue reading Bhutanese refugees in Ohio need more costly mental health care due to high suicide rate
For new readers, please visit our Bhutanese archive for background because I would have to write a book to bring you up to speed. We have been taking thousands of Bhutanese (Nepalese) refugees ever since the Bush Administration began admitting them in 2007 (or was it 2008), it doesn’t matter, the bottom line is now … Continue reading High rate of suicide among Bhutanese refugees resettled in US continues; some wish they had stayed in camps
Here is yet one more story on the high rate of suicide in the Bhutanese refugee population in the US. This time from New Hampshire via WBUR (Boston’s NPR station). Hat tip ‘pungentpeppers.’ We only noted a link to the New Hampshire suicides in a post in January where we learned some refugees remaining in … Continue reading CDC fears “suicide contagion” in Bhutanese refugee population
…..resettlement agencies responsible for solving the problem! That’s what the Wall Street Journal blog reported earlier this week (thanks to two readers for sending it). Before I give you the highlights from the WSJ, this is how we came to have tens of thousands of Bhutanese refugees in America. After nearly 20 years of a … Continue reading Bhutanese refugees in the US still committing suicide at high rate….