Refugee Resettlement Watch: High rate of suicide among Bhutanese refugees resettled in US continues; some wish they had stayed in camps - "the bottom line is now we are headed toward 80,000 admitted so far and many are struggling."

High rate of suicide among Bhutanese refugees resettled in US continues; some wish they had stayed in camps

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 we are headed toward 80,000 admitted so far and many are struggling.

According to this article as many as 55 have hanged themselves when they learned the “American dream” was a nightmare for them. ...

http://refugeeresettlementwatch.wordpress.com/2014/10/08/high-rate-of-suicide-among-bhutanese-refugees-resettled-in-us-continues-some-wish-they-had-stayed-in-camps/