If this guy's not a refugee...
then who is?
North Korea reminds me of Orwell's 1984:
His wife was lured home by her parents before she had a chance to make a refugee claim and in April 2002, was executed in North Korea
...lured home by her parents...who probably had a good idea what was going to happen to her.
Board member Bonnie Milliner ruled that Mr. Ri would likely be executed for treason if returned home but said he was not "deserving of Canada's protection" because he was complicit in crimes against humanity merely for being a member of Kim Jong Il's government.
She made that ruling despite written assurances from Canada's War Crimes Unit that Mr. Ri was "not a person of interest to them" and that there was no evidence he had committed crimes against humanity.
She made that ruling despite written assurances from Canada's War Crimes Unit that Mr. Ri was "not a person of interest to them" and that there was no evidence he had committed crimes against humanity.
So, with the self-importance of Pontius Pilate, she washes her hands of this and sends him back to his death.
Canada is usually seen as a haven to bogus refugee claimants; people who are undeserving. Here we have a case that seems to qualify perfectly as a genuine situation and it's being refused.
"While [Mr. Ri] may not have personally committed any atrocities, I believe that on a balance of probabilities he was aware of the North Korean government's excesses ... and waited 10 years [to leave]," she concluded in her September 2003 decision
So what's the incentive for any high level diplomat to defect if this is the response they'll get. Any high level diplomat will be "aware" of his country's excesses. What bullshit.
Mr. Ri's problem is that he obviously has nothing of value to trade to Canadian or American authorities. And for this omission he'll be returned and killed.
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