London, November 30. According to Tibet Information Network, "Tibetan refugees from the area reaching India this year confirm reports that temporary migration in the area has increased, and one report refers to a long term Chinese settlement being established. 'Many more Chinese have come to Biru in the last few years', said the 28 year old nun from Biru, the county adjoining Sog, on her arrival in India earlier this year. She described the Chinese as 'merchants and people looking for minerals and precious metals, anything they can take from our land to sell', but did not describe fixed settlement in her area. The report of a fixed Chinese settlement came from a village 45 km southeast of Sog Dzong. A large complex of buildings has been constructed near the monastery of Choekor in Gyachen xiang in Sog county to house new Chinese settlers, according to an 18 year old nun who left the area just before the July 1993 demonstrations. 42 buildings had been built in her village, each with 12 rooms, suggesting a set

tlement of at least 1,000 people, said the nun". (EuroTibet News N·6)