When I was 7 years old, we had to leave Bhutan because the government kicked out all the people of Nepalese origin. But in Nepal we were not considered citizens either so we had to live in a refugee camp. I lived there for 20 years. It was a very hard life. Nothing was good. We lived in a hut with no protection from the rain and they gave us only 5 kg of rice, vegetables and dahl fortnightly. It wasn’t enough but it was hard to get more food, so we were always hungry.

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