China crackdown slows Tibet refugee crossings to freedom in India
Tibetan devotees wait for Dalai Lama to arrive at the Main Tibetan Tsuglagkhang Temple near Dharamsala, India, on Sept. 24, 2014. A Chinese crackdown has made it tougher for Tibetan refugees to cross into India through Nepal. (Sanjay Baid/EPA)
DHARMSALA, India — Kunga Dolma waited years to escape the repressive life of her remote Tibetan village, and finally one day in July it was time.
The soft-spoken 24-year-old paid a smuggler about $800 to guide her over the Himalayas to what she hoped would be freedom and a better life. Her lace-up shoes were torn to shreds in the snowy passage. But if she was cold, she doesn’t remember. She was too terrified she would be caught and beaten by Chinese security forces on the border.
China Crackdown Slows Tibet Refugee Crossings to Freedom in India by Thavam
The soft-spoken 24-year-old paid a smuggler about $800 to guide her over the Himalayas to what she hoped would be freedom and a better life. Her lace-up shoes were torn to shreds in the snowy passage. But if she was cold, she doesn’t remember. She was too terrified she would be caught and beaten by Chinese security forces on the border.
China Crackdown Slows Tibet Refugee Crossings to Freedom in India by Thavam
