EU presses Nepal to address the rights of undocumented Tibetan refugees

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Tenzin Nyidon 

DHARAMSHALA, May 19: The European Union has formally urged the Government of Nepal to address the longstanding humanitarian and administrative challenges faced by undocumented Tibetan refugees in the country, according to an official communication from the European External Action Service (EEAS).

The letter, dated April 29, 2026, was sent by Charles Whiteley, Head of Division for Asia and the Pacific at the EEAS, in response to concerns raised by Members of the European Parliament Hannes Heide and Dainius Zalimas regarding the precarious legal and humanitarian status of Tibetan refugees in Nepal.

In the correspondence, the EEAS acknowledged Nepal’s decades-long role in...

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