While most refugees claim Bhutanese nationality, Bhutan claims that they are "voluntary emigrants" who forfeited their citizenship rights, denying their refugee status.
雖然大多數難民都聲稱擁有不丹國籍，但不丹聲稱他們是“自願移民”，他們喪失了公民權利，否定了他們的難民身份。