Tags: Ethnic Group.
Tibetans have been in Switzerland since the 1960s when the Swiss Red Cross helped resettle 300 Tibetans in Switzerland. In addition approximately 150 Tibetan orphans were adopted by Swiss families. A number of Tibetans settled in the mountains of the Swiss Alps because of its homelike terrain. The Tibetan children had some difficulty in school due to the massive language barrier between German and Tibetan.
