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Tibetans Made Homeless

May 13, 2020;

Around 4,000 residents of Chamdo, Tibet, are reported to have been made homeless as a result of a Chinese resettlement policy. Efforts to move Tibetans from impoverished areas of Chamdo have resulted in Chinese authorities preventing families from returning to their hometowns even if they had left their homes “only briefly to find work or educate their children”. Some families have been “chased away by force” when trying to return.

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