Crossing the line : Chinese policy towards North Korean border crossers
(2010) MRSA21 20092Centre for Theology and Religious Studies
Human Rights Studies
- Abstract
- In the mid-90s, a nation-wide famine broke out in North Korea, driving people across the border into China in search of food. This was the start of a slow and steady exodus.
China claims that these people are illegal migrants, and that a treaty with North Korea obligates it to return them. Others argue that they are refugees that should be protected against refoulment, because of the harsh punishments facing those that are returned.
The purpose of this study is to explain why China, despite international outrage, repatriates North Koreans who enter the country illegally. Utilizing information from a variety of sources, I argue that the reasons have little to do with the treaty, but are instead motivated by other concerns.
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- author
- Söderholm, Åsa LU
- supervisor
- organization
- course
- MRSA21 20092
- year
- 2010
- type
- L2 - 2nd term paper (old degree order)
- subject
- keywords
- Illegal invandring, Illegal aliens
- language
- English
- id
- 1525095
- date added to LUP
- 2010-03-04 17:05:05
- date last changed
- 2014-09-04 08:27:48
@misc{1525095, abstract = {{In the mid-90s, a nation-wide famine broke out in North Korea, driving people across the border into China in search of food. This was the start of a slow and steady exodus. China claims that these people are illegal migrants, and that a treaty with North Korea obligates it to return them. Others argue that they are refugees that should be protected against refoulment, because of the harsh punishments facing those that are returned. The purpose of this study is to explain why China, despite international outrage, repatriates North Koreans who enter the country illegally. Utilizing information from a variety of sources, I argue that the reasons have little to do with the treaty, but are instead motivated by other concerns.}}, author = {{Söderholm, Åsa}}, language = {{eng}}, note = {{Student Paper}}, title = {{Crossing the line : Chinese policy towards North Korean border crossers}}, year = {{2010}}, }