<p>Fifteen boys and 5 girls were arrested, weeks after Nepal assured Beijing that it would crack down on anti-China activities from its soil.<br /><br />The teenagers were travelling on foot and were without valid travel documents, the police said.<br /><br />"We are unable to establish their identities as they cannot speak Nepali Language," Birkha Bahadur Rawal, DSP of Bajura was quoted as saying by Himalayan Times.<br /><br />These Tibetans were arrested from Bauli of Bajura district on their way to Dharamshala via Kathmandu to meet the Dalai Lama, according to the police.<br /><br />They had reached the district after 17-days of walk.<br /><br />The police said that it was difficult to establish their identity as they do not speak Nepali or English.<br /><br />The arrested Tibetan nationals will be sent to the Immigration Department in Kathmandu for taking further action in the matter, police said.<br /><br />Every year some 2,500 Tibetans illegally enter Nepal crossing Tibetan border on their way to Dharamshala to meet the Dalai Lama. Nepal houses more than 20,000 Tibetan exiles.<br /><br />Nepal has promised China not to allow "anti-Chinese activities" from its soil as a visiting top-level delegation from the Communist nation recently announced a USD 50-million aid package for the country.<br /><br />China is a major donor to Nepal. Beijing has increased pressure on Nepal to check the flow of Tibetans fleeing their homeland.</p>
<p>Fifteen boys and 5 girls were arrested, weeks after Nepal assured Beijing that it would crack down on anti-China activities from its soil.<br /><br />The teenagers were travelling on foot and were without valid travel documents, the police said.<br /><br />"We are unable to establish their identities as they cannot speak Nepali Language," Birkha Bahadur Rawal, DSP of Bajura was quoted as saying by Himalayan Times.<br /><br />These Tibetans were arrested from Bauli of Bajura district on their way to Dharamshala via Kathmandu to meet the Dalai Lama, according to the police.<br /><br />They had reached the district after 17-days of walk.<br /><br />The police said that it was difficult to establish their identity as they do not speak Nepali or English.<br /><br />The arrested Tibetan nationals will be sent to the Immigration Department in Kathmandu for taking further action in the matter, police said.<br /><br />Every year some 2,500 Tibetans illegally enter Nepal crossing Tibetan border on their way to Dharamshala to meet the Dalai Lama. Nepal houses more than 20,000 Tibetan exiles.<br /><br />Nepal has promised China not to allow "anti-Chinese activities" from its soil as a visiting top-level delegation from the Communist nation recently announced a USD 50-million aid package for the country.<br /><br />China is a major donor to Nepal. Beijing has increased pressure on Nepal to check the flow of Tibetans fleeing their homeland.</p>