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A sleepy Tibetan immigrant, 3-year-old Decki Jamewangyal waits with her mother in the immigration area at Toronto International Airport last night aft(...)
A sleepy Tibetan immigrant, 3-year-old Decki Jamewangyal waits with her mother in the immigration area at Toronto International Airport last night aft(...)

A sleepy Tibetan immigrant, 3-year-old Decki Jamewangyal waits with her mother in the immigration area at Toronto International Airport last night aft(...)

Date3/30/1971
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Original Toronto Star caption: A sleepy Tibetan immigrant; 3-year-old Decki Jamewangyal waits with her mother in the immigration area at Toronto International Airport last night after a 22-hour flight from India. They are part of group of about 240 Tibetan refugees who will be admitted to Canada. They fled Chinese invasion of Tibet in 1959.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0013081F
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