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U.S. envoy on N.K. human rights denounces China for refugee repatriation
By Hwang Doo-hyong
WASHINGTON, Nov. 5 (Yonhap) -- The U.S. nominee for North Korea human rights envoy on Thursday denounced China for deportation of North Korean refugees, saying he will continue pressing Beijing on the matter.
Speaking at a Senate confirmation hearing, Robert King said, "We have raised these issues with the Chinese, and it would be my intention to continue to do that ... The Chinese have been less hospitable than we would like in terms of accepting these refugees and allowing them access to the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees."
China, Pyongyang's staunchest communist ally, sees North Korean defectors as economic migrants rather than refugees, and deports them under a secret agreement with North Korea where they are persecuted.
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