North Korean defectors have appealed to British MPs to speak out against China’s return of hundreds of refugees to North Korea. Timothy Chow, joint secretary of the UK All-Party Parliamentary Group on North Korea, urged MPs to make the issue a very important issue in Parliament.
Instead of sending the remaining North Korean refugees back to Korea, Cho appealed to them in a letter to encourage the British government to open talks with the Chinese authorities with a view to facilitating their transfer to third countries. from the north. 600 North Koreans are believed to have been repatriated by China to North Korea in recent weeks.
According to Christians todayHe fears the return of Christians and all others who originally fled North Korea for religious reasons.
“The punishment will be particularly harsh for anyone who has had contact with Christian churches or missionaries while in China, and many are likely to be hanged. North Korea is ranked the most dangerous place in the world on the Open Doors World Watchlist, and for very good reason,” he said.
Cho, who escaped from North Korea and now works for Open Doors in the UK, first escaped North Korea as a teenager before being forcibly returned, arrested and put on trial. He managed to escape a second time to China, where the authorities were going to deport him, but after missionaries interceded on his behalf, he was deported to the Philippines.
Therefore, Cho said that if the fugitives are sent to a third country such as the Philippines, they can reach South Korea safely, and hopes to discuss this in the parliament.
“I am very lucky. If I had been sent back to North Korea, I would not be alive today. It is fate that I want to save my brothers and sisters who are currently imprisoned in China,” he concluded.
