Abstract
This thesis is an attempt to understand the daily life in a refugee camp and to look at the problems and issues faced by the Bhutanese refugees. The refugees are in the middle of an ongoing resettlement process that will disperse the Nepali Bhutanese diaspora from the refugee camps in southern Nepal to several different countries in the west. Their struggle with defining themselves within the context of the refugee camp is the focus of the thesis. It takes aim to describe ethnic, caste and religious relations in the camp community as well as the importance of work and maintaining a stable mind through activity and family connections.