WORLD REFUGEE DAY:  Decades of uncertainty for Tibetans
6 months ago

WORLD REFUGEE DAY:  Decades of uncertainty for Tibetans

The Hindu  

Neither foreigners nor refugees. While they are third-generation settlers now, the future of the Tibetan movement, India’s citizenship laws and India not being part of the 1951 United Nations Convention on Refugees complicate the issue. According to MHA’s 2022-23 Annual Report, “per the latest Census 2019 conducted by Central Tibetan Relief Committee, the population of Tibetan refugees in India was 73,404.” The Union government formulated the policy in consultation with The Dalai Lama’s CTRC. Since the last elections, the Tibetan Parliament, could have shown greater sense of unity, and these divisions add to people’s concerns”, said Amitabh Mathur, former adviser to the MHA on Tibetan affairs. Such significant delays of between one and three years in being granted ICs, inevitably cause severe difficulties for Tibetans trying to plan international trips for school or other purposes and opportunities,” TLA said.

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India urged to spell out policy on Tibetan exiles
3 years ago

India urged to spell out policy on Tibetan exiles

The Hindu  

With growing concerns in New Delhi about China’s transgressions at the Line of Actual Control and reports of the settlement of villages along it, the leadership of the Tibetan community in exile says it is concerned that China might be “pushing” more Tibetans out to the border areas while using the opportunity to settle more mainland Chinese in Tibetan cities. …

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