United Kingdom · Question · Written question
HL HL16445
North Korea: Refugees
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18 June 2019
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2 July 2019 · Answer
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Asylum
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2 July 2019
Summary
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have discussed with the government of China the right of North Korean refugees to resettle in the Republic of Korea.
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18 June 2019
Written question
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have discussed with the government of China the right of North Korean refugees to resettle in the Republic of Korea.
Source: Lords
2 July 2019
Answer
We continue to emphasise to China that people fleeing North Korea should be treated as legitimate asylum claimants and should not be returned as stipulated by the 1951 UN Refugee Convention. We raised the principle of non-refoulement at the UK/China Human...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2019-06-18/HL16445
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1133027
- uk · wq-1133027 · source updated 2 July 2019