Four Tibetan Refugees Arrested from Dolakha
Nepal Police has arrested four Tibetan refugees who entered Nepal illegally through
the Nepal-China border in Lamabagar, Dolakha, Saturday.
The arrested Tibetans - one man and three women – did not possess travel
documents, the police said. However, the identities of the arrested
Tibetans haven't been disclosed.
A Nepali national, Pushkar K.C, has also been arrested under suspicion of
assisting the Tibetans to sneak into Nepali soil.
The arrested Tibetans have been sent to immigration department and now
face either deportation to Tibet, imprisonment in the country or would be
handed over to United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR).
Police had arrested five Tibetans, including a woman, from three
Bouddha-based hotels in the Capital on Feb. 6.
Prior to that, 10 Tibetans were arrested by the police while they were
entering Nepal illegally from Tibet via Lamabagar in Dolakha district on
Jan 17.
Nepal is home to around 20,000 exiled Tibetans. They began arriving in
large numbers after the Dalai Lama fled Tibet following a failed uprising
in 1959.
Following pressure from Beijing, Nepal has tightened security along its
border with Chinese autonomous region Tibet in an attempt to prevent
influx of Tibetans in Nepal.
According to another report, on average 2,500 Tibetans flee to India via
Nepal each year. Tibetan spiritual Guru heads a Tibetan government in
exile in India's hill station Dharmashala.
Thousands of Tibetan refugees had their hopes of asylum in the United
States dashed with the Nepal government deciding not to issue them travel
documents for fear of antagonizing China.
Nepal supports 'One China' principle according to which Tibet and Taiwan
are inalienable part of China.
On Sep 30, 2006 a group of 70 unarmed Tibetans who were trying to flee
China were shot at by the Chinese border control troops at Nangpa pass in
the Himalayas.
The Nangpa pass is a commonly used escape route for those fleeing China to
Nepal.
the Nepal-China border in Lamabagar, Dolakha, Saturday.
The arrested Tibetans - one man and three women – did not possess travel
documents, the police said. However, the identities of the arrested
Tibetans haven't been disclosed.
A Nepali national, Pushkar K.C, has also been arrested under suspicion of
assisting the Tibetans to sneak into Nepali soil.
The arrested Tibetans have been sent to immigration department and now
face either deportation to Tibet, imprisonment in the country or would be
handed over to United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR).
Police had arrested five Tibetans, including a woman, from three
Bouddha-based hotels in the Capital on Feb. 6.
Prior to that, 10 Tibetans were arrested by the police while they were
entering Nepal illegally from Tibet via Lamabagar in Dolakha district on
Jan 17.
Nepal is home to around 20,000 exiled Tibetans. They began arriving in
large numbers after the Dalai Lama fled Tibet following a failed uprising
in 1959.
Following pressure from Beijing, Nepal has tightened security along its
border with Chinese autonomous region Tibet in an attempt to prevent
influx of Tibetans in Nepal.
According to another report, on average 2,500 Tibetans flee to India via
Nepal each year. Tibetan spiritual Guru heads a Tibetan government in
exile in India's hill station Dharmashala.
Thousands of Tibetan refugees had their hopes of asylum in the United
States dashed with the Nepal government deciding not to issue them travel
documents for fear of antagonizing China.
Nepal supports 'One China' principle according to which Tibet and Taiwan
are inalienable part of China.
On Sep 30, 2006 a group of 70 unarmed Tibetans who were trying to flee
China were shot at by the Chinese border control troops at Nangpa pass in
the Himalayas.
The Nangpa pass is a commonly used escape route for those fleeing China to
Nepal.
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