Democratic People's Republic of Korea: Persecuting the starving: The plight of North Koreans fleeing to China
Democratic People's Republic of Korea: Persecuting the starving: The plight of North Koreans fleeing to China
Index Number: ASA 24/003/2000Date Published: 15 December 2000
Categories: North Korea, Asia And The Pacific, East Asia
This report describes how North Koreans have - despite their government criminalising the act of leaving without permission - fled the country as a result of food shortages. The vast majority of those who leave without permission go to China where they face human rights violations and an uncertain future.