Tibetans arrested over the weekend for crossing illegally into Nepal have been handed over to the United Nations' refugee agency, not returned to China, an official said Monday.
Hundreds of Tibetans journey every year through the treacherous mountains in Nepal en route to Dharmasala in India, where Tibet's spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, lives in exile.
The majority of them make the journey on foot through mountain trails and jungles without being found by the police. However, a few of them are arrested by the Nepalese police.
Nepal generally does not deport those found, but there were reports that the eight men and two women could be handed …
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