Dalai Lama, Who Has Been Living In India As Refugee For 70 Years, Warns Europe About Refugees
Dalai Lama the Tibetan spiritual leader is also probably the worlds most famous refugee. The 14th Dalai Lama who fled Tibet in 1959 has been living in India along with thousands of his followers all these years. Dalai Lama claimed that Europe could become Muslim or African if refugees who have been taken in are not then sent back to their home countries.
Dalai Lama, the Tibetan spiritual leader is also probably the world's most famous refugee. The 14th Dalai Lama who fled Tibet in 1959 has been living in India along with thousands of his followers all these years. Given this background, it is quite ironic that out of all people imaginable Dalai Lama has a warning about refugees.
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Speaking to BBC, the Tibetan spiritual leader claimed that Europe could become 'Muslim or African' if refugees who have been taken in are not then sent back to their home countries.
Europe should take them in and offer them education and training. But ultimately, he said, the migrants should return to "their own land," with only "a limited number" allowed to stay on the continent.
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"The whole of Europe (will) eventually become Muslim country? Impossible. Or African country? Also impossible," he said, adding that it's better to "keep Europe for Europeans." he said.
Incidentally, this is not the first time Dalai Lama has made such remarks about refugees. He had made a similar comment last year too, which had come under criticism.
I have always maintained the Dalai Lama is a bigoted douchebag who spouts pseudo-spiritual nonsense. Imagine the hypocrisy of saying this when Tibetans refugees have piled on to India in droves. I also consider China to have a legit claim on Tibet historically, btw pic.twitter.com/JduGDag2w6
¡ª IndiaExplained (@IndiaExplained) June 28, 2019
Says a refugee who who took refuge in India more than 50 years ago. Probably time to send uncle back home.#DalaiLama
¡ª TheNikhil (@vermanikhilv) June 28, 2019
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Bloody Dalai Lama, the racist little Englander...
¡ª Leave.EU (@LeaveEUOfficial) June 27, 2019
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The Dalai Lama is only half right. If Europe lets in vast numbers of migrants & refugees they are never going to return home. The focus should be entirely on helping to improve their own countries. Immigration policy should be highly selective. https://t.co/RbzN9tRBPb
¡ª Gerard Batten MEP (@GerardBattenMEP) June 27, 2019
Dalai Lama also touched upon another topic that he had earlier courted controversy for - his successor.
When asked about the possibility of a woman successor, the 83-year-old reiterated his previous comment ¡°If a female Dalai Lama comes, she should be more attractive.¡±
Bobins Abraham is the Assistant News Editor at Indiatimes. He has more than twelve years of experience in TV and digital journalism. An avid student of history and geopolitics, he is a conservationist and environmentalist at heart. He writes on environment, sustainability, human-animal conflict and more.
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