North Korea: Scenarios from the Perspective of Refugee Displacement

Some 10,000 to 300,000 citizens of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) are currently reported to be living illegally in the Northeastern provinces of China. Based on bilateral treaties between the two countries, North Koreans are actively sought out, and forcibly returned to the DP...

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Auteur principal: Mahr, Christian F.
Format: Working Paper
Langue:en_US
Publié: Inter-University Committee on International Migration 2015
Accès en ligne:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/97603
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Résumé:Some 10,000 to 300,000 citizens of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) are currently reported to be living illegally in the Northeastern provinces of China. Based on bilateral treaties between the two countries, North Koreans are actively sought out, and forcibly returned to the DPRK, where they are likely under certain circumstances to encounter persecution at the hands of the authorities.