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Source of Migration
[edit]Migration from neighboring countries
[edit]Vietnam
[edit]China accepted 260,000 Vietnamese through the Orderly Departure Program although this participation is less well known than that of other countries. [1] The Chinese government accorded the Vietnamese protection by providing them refugee status. Most refugees settled in southern China. During the time of the refugees’ integration, the Chinese government charged various agencies with examining the refugees’ background and labor skills to facilitate job placement.[2] Following the end of the Orderly Departure Program in 1997, China continued to receive refugees although in much fewer numbers.[3] Prior to the end of the Program and after the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991, Vietnamese refugees to China had already been decreasing in number.
North Korea
[edit]UNHCR has declared all North Koreans in China to be 'persons of concern', although China does not recognize North Koreans' claims to asylum as valid. China refuses to accept people who the country views as defectors from other Communist countries. [4] As a result, China identifies North Koreans within its borders as “economic migrants.” Because of the Government of China does not provide assistance to migrants, the UNHCR established an office in Beijing in 1995 to provide direct assistance including food, shelter, health, education, and social services. [5] Later, China banned the UNHCR direct access to North Koreans, claiming that the issue was an internal matter and should be treated as such. Today, advocates for North Korean defectors lobby to government officials to reverse legal jargon.
- ^ Han, Xiaorong (18 January 2013). "EXILED TO THE ANCESTRAL LAND: THE RESETTLEMENT, STRATIFICATION AND ASSIMILATION OF THE REFUGEES FROM VIETNAM IN CHINA". International Journal of Asian Studies. 10 (01): 25–46. doi:10.1017/S1479591412000228.
- ^ Cho, Jeanyoung Jeannie (November 1, 2013). "Systemizing the fate of the stateless North Korean migrant: a legal guide to preventing the automatic repatriation of North Korean migrants in China". Fordham International Law Journal. 37 (1): 175–234.
- ^ Robinson, Courtland (2013). "The curious case of North Korea". Forced Migration Review. 43: 53–55.
- ^ Choi, Won Geun (26 April 2017). "China and its Janus-faced refugee policy". Asian and Pacific Migration Journal. 26 (2): 224–240. doi:10.1177/0117196817703759.
- ^ "Refugee Law and Policy: China". www.loc.gov. Library of Congress. March 2016.