Thousands of Tibetan refugees now want New Delhi to amend rules to allow their younger generation to join public and private sector jobs.
Survival challenges
Want New Delhi to amend rules to help second generation get jobs
Thousands of Tibetan refugees who fled to India after the Chinese invasion have made this picturesque region in Chattisgarh their home since 1963 now want New Delhi to amend rules to allow their younger generation to join public and private sector jobs.
“Now India should look after the job prospects of the younger generation of refugee families who were born in India and comprise about 85 per cent of the total refugee population,” Lobsang Chojor, in charge of Tibetan refugee settlement at Mainpat said.
Around 1,800 Tibetans live in seven refugee camps spread out over Mainpat, about 400 km north of capital Raipur. They are among the more than 100,000 living across the country in 54 settlements since their first batch entered India in 1959.
About 800 second generation Tibetan refugees in India obtain post-graduate degrees annually but they fail to get jobs because of mandatory documents pertaining to permanent resident address and citizenship despite the area housing the aluminium major Balco here.
“The Chinese government is still abusing human rights in Tibet and we have been forced to spend life in exile in India for decades. Despite the Indian government’s acceptance that Tibet is part of China, we always got good support from New Delhi”.
“India and other Western nations should exert pressure on the Chinese government to honour human rights in Tibet,” Lobsang said.
Around 1,800 Tibetans live in seven refugee camps spread out over Mainpat, about
400 km north of capital Raipur.
They are among the more than one lakh refugees living across the country in 54
settlements since their first batch entered India in 1959.
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