28. Aug 2006
US congressmen confirms resettlement of Tibetans in the US
(Phayul) A US delegation headed by Jim Kolbe (R-Arizona) reconfirmed that the US will resettle about 5000 Tibetans from Nepal in the USA, in a press conference at the end of his four-day visit to Nepal. "We have indicated a willingness and desire to take 5000 additional Tibetan refugees to the United States. Over the last two decades many Tibetans were settled in the US, so we are continuing to resettlement. We want to continue to be helpful in that process", he said. However, he did not mention when the actual resettlement process would start or what the selection procedures would involve. There has been speculation among Tibetans in Nepal that the actual resettlement process would start by mid-2007. But the exact date has not been announced so far either by the US Government or the Tibetan Government in Exile. The Nepalese authorities have not yet confirmed that they would issue exit permits to those who will move to the USA.