BY VICTOR GIL / LAINFORMACION.COM
28/02/2017 – 20:53
- The United States has denied visas to fifteen Tibetan players who had been invited to a soccer tournament in Dallas (Texas).
- None of them live as refugees and they maintain that they are only going to play soccer and in no case do they have the idea of deserting upon arriving on American soil..
A women's team from Tibet will not be able to fulfill its dream due to the new US visa policy
USA ha denied visa to enter the country 15 players of a women's soccer team from Tibet who had an invitation to participate in a tournament that was going to be held in Dallas (Texas) in the coming months.
The team, Tibet Women's Soccer, was going to compete against local teams as well as others such as a Protestant Catholic team from Ireland and a Muslim-Jewish team from Israel within severaldiversity programs.
However, The young women received the news that they will not receive permission to be 10 days in the US through the US embassy in Dehli (India). "Nos dijeron que no tenemos razones convincentes para ir a Dallas", assures Jamyang Chotso, team captain The Guardian. "Pero creo que esta no es la razón por la que nos rechazan. Creemos que la razón es que They think we could run away cuando lleguemos allí".
"Para un futbolista, football is not just a game", añade. "A través del fútbol puedo representar a mi país e inspirar a nuestras chicas". El Tibet Women's Soccer está formado por chicas entre 18 and 20 years and there are none living as refugees in Tibet, but are legal residents of India. She further , four players are Nepalese citizens, so they defend that they are not the prototype of people who could defect.
The coach, Cassie Childers asegura que solo la invitación para el torneo ya era "un sueño hecho realidad" for the players, but they will not be able to fulfill it despite their negotiations and those of four players. They all went to Delhi to meet with the American embassy, but all the requests were rejected.
Childers points out that the team spent 3.520 dollars, half of your annual budget, in planning the trip and now they will lose all that money: "Ella no están tratando de emigrar, están tratando de jugar al fútbol".
"Estados Unidos es uno de los países más famosos del mundo, an educated country, pero hacen mucho por ayudar a personas sin educación", dijo Yangdan Lhamo, one of the players. "Todavía quiero ir a jugar el torneo porque esta It's our only chance to represent our country en el mejor país de la Tierra", defend.
