• Workshop on Right to Return, Jhapa, 16-19 April 2004
   
• South Asian Regional Consultation on Refugees and Forced Migration; need for a national laws and regional co-operation, New Delhi, 1998
   
• Survey of Unrecognised Bhutanese refugees in Nepal
   
• Verification of Bhutanese Refugees-
  Bhutan has demonstrated its complete lack of desire to take back the refugees as evident from the process and the result of the verification of the Bhutanese refugees n announced on the 18th of June 2003. Of a total of 12183 refugees, the JVT categorized only 294 persons as bona fide Bhutanese Citizens with 8595 persons categorized as those who filled in the Voluntary Migration Form. The result has been widely condemned for the inconsistencies and grave violation of human rights.
  
  SAFHR has initiated a case study of the process and the problem of the verification of the Bhutanese refugees. Eight families from the four categories of refugees (as categorized by the two governments) have already been identified and studied. The objective of the case study is to urge the government of Bhutan and the government of Nepal to address the inconsistencies and inadequacies in the verification process. In particular, all refugees in categories I, II and IV should be able to return to their home and hearth in Bhutan. Refugees in category III should have full, fair and independent appeal process. Those grouped in different categories should be investigated by an independent third party. Verification and repatriation should not proceed without the presence of an independent third party, preferably, UNHCR.
  The report of the study will be available for internal circulation in December 2003.

Campaigns

• Campaigns on Bhutanese Refugees

Publications

1. Refugees in South Asia: A Report: SAFHR paper Series 3
2. States, Citizens and Outsiders: The uprooted people of South Asia
3. Refugee Studies in South Asia (unfinished work)
4. Refugee Directory (directory of institutions and organizations involved in refugee studies, refugee care, refugee protection and publications of refugee issues in South Asia)
5. Protection of refugees in South Asia Need for a legal framework, SAFHR paper 6
6. Refugee Watch (quarterly publication in collaboration with Calcutta Research group)
7. Survey of Unrecognised Bhutanese refugees in Nepal: a pilot survey (new)

Future Programmes;

1. Case studies of the verification results on Bhutanese refugees (ongoing)
2. Delhi Solidarity Public Interaction