In addition, India’s dithering over its support to the Tibetan cause makes people nervous. Sometimes, even universities don’t admit Tibetan students,” says Sonam Norbu Dagpo, the spokesman for the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA), the Tibetan government-in-exile, which is based in Dharamshala, India.ĭakpo says the number of incoming Tibetans fleeing Chinese rule has plummeted, from around 3,000 annually to about 100 last year.Įconomic concerns are central many Tibetans say that buying property and accessing bank credit are difficult, leaving them with few options. “As a result, Tibetans are not allowed government jobs.
India has refused to sign the 1951 United Nations convention on refugees. Instead, on paper, they are designated as “foreigners”. Tibetans are not officially recognised as refugees in India. There are barely any jobs here,” Tenzing says. “It is very difficult to make money here. Kunsang Tenzing is documenting the lives of Tibetans in India in what one academic says will ‘enhance the understanding of the ordinary Tibetan’
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