United Kingdom · Question · Written question
HL HL4026
North Korea: Refugees
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11 December 2017
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21 December 2017 · Answer
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Asylum
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21 December 2017
Summary
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon on 5 December (HL3335), whether they were aware that a four-year-old child was among the ten North Korean refugees awaiting repatriation by China to North Korea.
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11 December 2017
Written question
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon on 5 December (HL3335), whether they were aware that a four-year-old child was among the ten North Korean refugees awaiting repatriation by China to North Korea.
Source: Lords
21 December 2017
Answer
We are aware of some reports to this effect from international non-governmental organisations and open source media. The British Government is clear that, under the 1951 UN Refugee Convention, China should regard North Koreans fleeing the DPRK as refugees...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2017-12-11/HL4026
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/804205
- uk · wq-804205 · source updated 21 December 2017