1. Please note that nothing but free will would determine everything. Why would someone waste time discussing what they "SHOULD" or would do? 2. "And whether we like it or not, Bhutan is in the process of democratization." Holy Cow!!! WHEN, and HOW ????? Then perhaps, this will be analogous to, as saying, that the refugees were also in the process of respectful repatriation to Bhutan. Perhaps, then we have a fundamental difference in the understand of what democracy is. 3. Also, I don't see where the arithematic of " 1/3 of the vote bank" fits in. (Please refer: http://www.unhcr.org/home/RSDCOI/3ae6a6c08.html) Quote No reliable independent data is available and government figures have varied widely over the last fifteen years. In 1979, the Government estimated that the population of the country was 1.2 million. The estimate rose to 1.375 million in 1988, but in 1991 the figure was drastically reduced to 600,000. Census teams are also said to have refused to accept as evidence of residence relevant documentation for the years prior to 1958. According to the U.S. State Department, the population in 1999/2000 was 2.1 million. However, the Royal Government of Bhutan estimates the population in 2000 to be 800,000. Many ethnic Nepalis who possessed citizenship certificates issued by district officials under the provisions of the 1958 Nationality Law found these declared null and void unless they could produce documents proving at least residence, and often land ownership, prior to 1958.Many refugees have complained that when they provided relevant documentation it was frequently seized or confiscated by the census or other local officials. Concern among ethnic Nepalis about the threat to their cultural identity implied by the application of driglam namzha was heightened still further in February 1989 when the Nepali language was removed from the curriculum in schools in the south of the country. Unquote 4. "But they have video footage of "departing Bhutanese" smiling into the cameras, and thanking the government for the money, which they are holding in their arms." I guess the exodus of a hundred thousand ethnic Nepalese as refugees do have proof of atrocities they have been committed against. At the same time, it can be agreed that there may be few cases of fleeing which might be voluntary. It is hence wise enough to say the truth lies in between, the balance leaning more on the ethnics' side. We can only hope, as you say, they will help their brothers home to establish their rights in their homeland. And hope, that the perpetrators of crime against the ethnic Nepali refugees will never be forgotten.