Tuesday, January 20, 2009

North Korean Asylum


In 2006, I worked with the Human Rights Project and attorney Judith Wood, to obtain the first grant of political asylum under the North Korean Human Rights Act. These cases are difficult because South Korea claims North Koreans as citizens and as a result the U.S. Immigration Court considers these refugees as "firmly resettled" in a third country - a bar to asylum in the United States.
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