United Kingdom · Question · Written question
HL HL15372
North Korea: Refugees
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29 April 2019
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8 May 2019 · Answer
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Asylum
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8 May 2019
Summary
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the risk of the North Korean refugees due to be repatriated from China to North Korea being sent to one of North Korea’s prison camps; how many people are estimated by the UN to be incarcer
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29 April 2019
Written question
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the risk of the North Korean refugees due to be repatriated from China to North Korea being sent to one of North Korea’s prison camps; how many people are estimated by the UN to be incarcer
Source: Lords
8 May 2019
Answer
Access to North Korea’s prison camps is tightly controlled, making it difficult to make an independent assessment of conditions there. However, reports, including defector testimonies, describe instances of torture, deliberate starvation and executions. T...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2019-04-29/HL15372
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1123734
- uk · wq-1123734 · source updated 8 May 2019