This paper discusses the laws and regulations governing refugees in India in general and the Tibetan refugees in particular. In this context, it describes the actual practices in two Tibetan settlements in Karnataka. The paper highlights the ways in which Tibetans have Negotiated the...

The story of the Chinese invasion of Tibet and the Dalai Lama's exile in 1959 has been well documented, as has the status of Tibetans in China in the half century since the Chinese invasion. What has not been documented is the plight of those Tibetans who, after fleeing Tibet, seek asylum in the...