Refugees sur place
are people who, regardless of the original reason for fleeing their native country, are in danger if they return to it. Threats of repatriation and persecution loom over the heads of North Koreans living in China, despite international treaties agreeing to protect them.
The United States, especially during the Obama administration's term, has accused and passed measures against the North Korea regime for its human rights abuses. Thousands upon thousands of North Koreans are forced into labor and refugees who are returned to the state are punished by torture and slavery.
The United Nations organization, the U.N., has been recently warning North Korea of crossing the nuclear threat line. Missile tests are picking up, but war isn't the only problem the U.S.A. and the U.N. committee should be concerned with. The millions of people seeking safety and the thousands of refugees sur place hiding in China face the precarious state of their futures every day.
So how can current governments help?
Over a million people are granted visas to the U.S., for a wide variety of reasons, every year. If the government allots a small percentage of these visas exclusively for Korean refugees, both the nation itself and the refugees would benefit: the U.S. could help with a dire humanitarian crisis and those who fled North Korea could find safety.
Now if multiple nations, especially European countries in addition to the U.S., set aside various percentages of their granted visas a year, according to population size and available living room, as well as records of how many refugees come from other nations, we could provide hundreds of opportunities for safety.
This measure would admit refugees legally and give precedence to the people who are under immense threat from their native nations and even the surrounding countries who initially posed as safe places, even giving refugees a chance to become citizens and obtain protection by the national government.
"Admitting North Korean Refugees to the United States: Obstacles and Opportunities."
Brookings, www.brookings.edu/opinions.
"Green-Card Holders and Legal Immigration to the United States." Migrationpolicy.org.
"North Korean Refugees Trapped by China's Expanding Dragnet." Human Rights Watch.
"What The United States Can Do To Address North Korea's Human Rights Crisis." The Heritage Foundation.
The United States, especially during the Obama administration's term, has accused and passed measures against the North Korea regime for its human rights abuses. Thousands upon thousands of North Koreans are forced into labor and refugees who are returned to the state are punished by torture and slavery.
The United Nations organization, the U.N., has been recently warning North Korea of crossing the nuclear threat line. Missile tests are picking up, but war isn't the only problem the U.S.A. and the U.N. committee should be concerned with. The millions of people seeking safety and the thousands of refugees sur place hiding in China face the precarious state of their futures every day.
So how can current governments help?
Over a million people are granted visas to the U.S., for a wide variety of reasons, every year. If the government allots a small percentage of these visas exclusively for Korean refugees, both the nation itself and the refugees would benefit: the U.S. could help with a dire humanitarian crisis and those who fled North Korea could find safety.
Now if multiple nations, especially European countries in addition to the U.S., set aside various percentages of their granted visas a year, according to population size and available living room, as well as records of how many refugees come from other nations, we could provide hundreds of opportunities for safety.
This measure would admit refugees legally and give precedence to the people who are under immense threat from their native nations and even the surrounding countries who initially posed as safe places, even giving refugees a chance to become citizens and obtain protection by the national government.
"Admitting North Korean Refugees to the United States: Obstacles and Opportunities."
Brookings, www.brookings.edu/opinions.
"Green-Card Holders and Legal Immigration to the United States." Migrationpolicy.org.
"North Korean Refugees Trapped by China's Expanding Dragnet." Human Rights Watch.
"What The United States Can Do To Address North Korea's Human Rights Crisis." The Heritage Foundation.
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