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    Indigenous peoples in Nepal

    The Nepalese population is comprised by 125 caste and ethnic groups. Nepal has adopted the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. However, the constitution denies the collective rights and aspirations for identity-based federalism of indigenous peoples, and Nepal’s indigenous peoples are thus still facing a number of challenges.
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Repatriation of displaced Bru population

On May 21, the repatriation and rehabilitation of around 1,500 people from the displaced Bru population of 37,466 who had been living in six camps in Kanchanpur, Tripura, started. The Brus will be sent back to their villages in Mizoram.

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