§ Lord Alton of Liverpoolasked Her Majesty's Government:
What action has been taken by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees or Her Majesty's Government's representatives in China on behalf of North Korean refugees. [HL588]
§ The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office (Baroness Amos)The UNHCR visited China in September to discuss how they might be able to help deal with North Koreans who cross into China. Officials from the British Embassy in Beijing visited the border region in June to assess the situation. The issue of North Korean border crossers was raised at the UK/China Human Rights Dialogue in May in Beijing. The Embassy raised individual cases of detained North Koreans with the Chinese authorities in May and August.