Twenty three Tibetan refugees detained from the period of September 11-13 in Nepal for "illegally crossing" into the country have been released Thursday and turned over to the care of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.
Nepal police arrested 20 Tibetans near a remote western Himalayan village on September 11 for crossing into Nepal from China without having valid travel permits. On September 13, police arrested 3 Tibetans in Barabise of Sindupalchowk district, north-central Nepal.
The group was reported to be made up of 18 males and 5 females, mostly aged between 13 to 28. Nepal and Tibet have a common border of 1,414 km with 34 major passes between the two. Each year, thousands of Tibetans refugees try to cross over, both via road and the snow-clad passes, facing grave threats to their lives. Approximately 2,500 Tibetan refugees escape into exile annually, travelling through Nepal en route to Dharamsala in northern India where their spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama and the Tibetan government-in-exile are based.
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