Since the arrival of the first Tibetans in exile in 1959, a vast and continuous wave of international - especially Western - support has permitted these refugees to survive and even to flourish in their temporary places of residence. Today, these Tibetan refugees continue to attract assistance from Western governments, organizations and individuals, while other refugee populations are largely forgotten in the international agenda. This book shows and discusses how Tibetan refugees continue to attract resources, due, notably, to the dissemination of their political and religious agendas, as well as how a movement of Western supporters, born in very different conditions, guaranteed a unique relationship with these refugees.

Agendas of Tibetan Refugees: Survival Strategies of a Government-in-Exile in a World of International Organizations (Forced Migration (33)), Thomas Kauffmann, Berghahn Books, Paperback, 226 pages, $29.95

Following graduations in both Economics and Anthropology, Thomas Kauffmann has been working in the development sector before getting back to academia to develop further his first researches on the Tibetan refugees' community. For his doctoral thesis in Anthropology at the University of Oxford, he examined the relationship between the Tibetan refugees and the Western NGOs. Today Dr Kauffmann is the Director of an international NGO.