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Increase in Migrants to Tibet

July 25, 2020;

Chinese media reports that the Tibetan Autonomous Region (TAR) has seen an increase in migrants, with 32,300 moving to the region in 2019. According to Tibetan Review this figure is likely to be just the tip of the iceberg as, “the overwhelming majority of Chinese immigrants in the TAR do not figure in official lists”. Beijing is accused of encouraging migration in an effort to dilute the ethnic Tibetan population.

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