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Immigration to Bhutan

Index Immigration to Bhutan

Immigration to Bhutan has an extensive history and has become one of the country's most contentious social, political, and legal issues. [1]

15 relations: Bhutanese Citizenship Act 1958, Bhutanese democracy, Bhutanese nationality law, Bhutanese refugees, Constitution of Bhutan, Ethnic groups in Bhutan, Goldhap refugee camp, Illegal immigration, Illegal immigration to Bhutan, J. S. S. Malelu, Law enforcement in Bhutan, Law of Bhutan, Lhotshampa, Ministry of Home and Cultural Affairs (Bhutan), Slavery in Bhutan.

Bhutanese Citizenship Act 1958

The Bhutanese Citizenship Act of 1958, officially the Nationality Law of Bhutan, 1958, is a decree by the Druk Gyalpo King Jigme Dorji Wangchuck, recognizing the definition of a Bhutanese citizen.

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Bhutanese democracy

The development of Bhutanese democracy has been marked by the active encouragement and participation of reigning Bhutanese monarchs since the 1950s, beginning with legal reforms such as the abolition of slavery, and culminating in the enactment of Bhutan's Constitution.

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Bhutanese nationality law

Bhutanese nationality law is the law governing the acquisition, transmission and loss of Bhutanese citizenship.

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Bhutanese refugees

Bhutanese refugees are Lhotshampas ("southerners"), a group of Nepali language-speaking Bhutanese people, including the Kirat, Tamang, Magar, Brahman, Chhetri and Gurung peoples.

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Constitution of Bhutan

The Constitution of Bhutan (Dzongkha: འབྲུག་གི་རྩ་ཁྲིམས་ཆེན་མོ་; Wylie: 'Druk-gi cha-thrims-chen-mo) was enacted 18 July 2008 by the Royal Government of Bhutan.

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Ethnic groups in Bhutan

There are numerous ethnic groups in Bhutan, and no one group constitutes a majority of the Bhutanese.

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Goldhap refugee camp

Goldhap refugee camp (Nepali: गोलधाप शरणार्थी शिविर; Goldhāp śaraṇārthī śivira) is a small refugee camp in Nepal populated by just over 4,600 Bhutanese refugees as of 2011.

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Illegal immigration

Illegal immigration is the illegal entry of a person or a group of persons across a country's border, in a way that violates the immigration laws of the destination country, with the intention to remain in the country, as well as people who remain living in another country when they do not have the legal right to do so.

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Illegal immigration to Bhutan

On January 6, 1989, the Bhutanese king proclaimed a policy of “One Nation, One People.” This royal edict, called the Driglam namzha, states that all Bhutanese have to dress and speak like Drukpas.

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J. S. S. Malelu

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Law enforcement in Bhutan

Law enforcement in Bhutan is the collective purview of several divisions of Bhutan's Ministry of Home and Cultural Affairs.

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Law of Bhutan

The law of Bhutan derives mainly from legislation and treaties.

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Lhotshampa

The Lhotshampa or Lhotsampa (ल्होत्साम्पा) people are a heterogeneous Bhutanese people of Nepalese descent.

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Ministry of Home and Cultural Affairs (Bhutan)

The Bhutanese Ministry of Home and Cultural Affairs (Dzongkha: ནང་སྲིད་དང་སྲོལ་འཛིན་ལྷན་ཁག་; Wylie: nang-srid(-dang srol-'dzin) lhan-khag; "Nangsi Lhenkhag") is the government ministry within the Lhengye Zhungtshog (Council of Ministers) which oversees law and order; the civil administration; immigration services; the issuance of citizenship documents, and other related documents; the delivery of services by local governments; and the preservation, promotion, development, and protection of the culture and heritage of Bhutan.

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Slavery in Bhutan

Slavery in Bhutan was a common legal, economic, and social institution until its abolition in 1958.

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Redirects here:

Immigration Problem, Immigration in Bhutan.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immigration_to_Bhutan

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