WASHINGTON: Around 9,000 Nepalis allowed to remain in the United States since the devastating April 2015 earthquake will lose their protected status in June next year, the government said Thursday. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said a review of conditions in Nepal since the disaster showed they have improved and no longer support the “temporary protected status” (TPS) given to Nepalis. “Since the 2015 earthquake, conditions in Nepal have notably improved. In January around 200,000 Salvadorans were given an 18 month warning that they would lose protected status in place since the country was hit by two massive earthquakes. TPS is also ending for Nicaragua and Sudan, while protections for South Sudanese immigrants have been extended until May 2019.

Source: New Strait Times April 26, 2018 21:56 UTC