The abduction of Tibetan children and forced assimilation practices through Chinese boarding schools in Tibet

Reference RC-B9-0510/2023

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The Left37

1198939%

S&D141

102013899%

Greens/EFA71

The European Parliament adopted by 477 votes to 14, with 45 abstentions, a resolution on the abduction of Tibetan children and forced assimilation practices through Chinese boarding schools in Tibet.The text adopted in plenary was tabled by the EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens/EFA, ECR groups and Members.Chinese authorities have established an expansive system of de facto compulsory, highly politicised boarding schools for children aged 4 to 18, requiring them to undergo mandatory education in Mandarin without any opportunity for substantive study of the Tibetan language, history or culture. Approximately 80 % of Tibetan children, totalling around one million, have been separated from their families by this system, which aims to forcibly assimilate…