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Great White North
Canada deports North Korean asylum seekers
2018-02-19
[Al Jazeera] Despite its reputation as a haven for refugees, Canada has been deporting North Korean asylum seekers who came to the country through South Korea.

Nearly 2,000 have been kicked out of the country since 2013 because the government says they lied on their asylum application forms. Another 150 Koreans are under imminent threat of deportation.

Eleven years ago, Taegun Kim came to Canada with his wife, daughter and son. Now they have two more children, both Canadian citizens. A deportation would be catastrophic for the family.

"That notice means death to me," Kim told Al Jazeera. "I came all the way here for a better life and my family is well adjusted to life in Canada. To think we're going to be separated, it breaks my heart."

The Jo family could be broken up too if Canada carries out its deportation orders. Two children are Canadian-born; the eldest came with his parents in 2010.

The family admits they lied on their asylum application - saying they defected to China, not South Korea - to help ease the immigration process, but add they did it to escape a horrible situation.

"I feel so desperate. It's our fault," Hye Kyung Jo said. "They [the children] haven't done anything wrong. They have to go through this separation because of us."
Posted by:Fred

#10  They even have some good food.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2018-02-19 15:44  

#9  The media publishes a bunch of BS about how the Chinese are terrified of refugee flows if the Kim regime falls. In reality, each and every North Korean, including Kim Jong-un, is automatically welcome to settle in South Korea. And yet the media keeps parroting the Chinese party line.
Posted by: Zhang Fei   2018-02-19 15:27  

#8  So they’re being sent back to South Korea? I thought South Korea had good support systems in place for those who fled the north. As for the threat to their relatives who remained behind, that has been so ever since the day they left. I can’t imagine the North Korean authorities never noticed they aren’t there anymore.
Posted by: trailing wife   2018-02-19 14:16  

#7  They lied on their application. So did the current Minister of Democratic Institutions. They should all leave. Now. Don't want liars coming into Canuckistan. We've enough of them already without adding to the numbers.
Posted by: Canuckistan sniper   2018-02-19 12:57  

#6  By that logic, Mike, Eisenhower should not been given command of the allied forces in Europe. In fact, by that logic, he should've been deported.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2018-02-19 11:30  

#5  They aren't the "Right" sort of refugee apparently, so they get sent to their deaths.

Pretty typical of leftists.
Posted by: DarthVader   2018-02-19 10:06  

#4  The family admits they lied on their asylum application - saying they defected to China, not South Korea - to help ease the immigration process, but add they did it to escape a horrible situation.

They're economic refugees not political. Call them 'Dreamers'.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2018-02-19 08:44  

#3  #2 Because they're not Muslims?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2018-02-19 02:24

Because home has nukes pointed at them. This polite and welcoming thing has it's limits, ya know. (sarc/OFF)

Mike
Posted by: Mike Kozlowski   2018-02-19 06:14  

#2  Because they're not Muslims?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2018-02-19 02:24  

#1  What a terrible situation to be in. So sad. Here, have a chunk of moose meat before you leave. But leave.
Posted by: Canuckistan sniper   2018-02-19 00:45  

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