THIS ISSUE PAPER WAS PREPARED BY WRITENET ON THE BASIS OF PUBLICLY AVAILABLE INFORMATION, ANALYSIS

THIS ISSUE PAPER WAS PREPARED BY WRITENET ON THE BASIS OF PUBLICLY AVAILABLE INFORMATION, ANALYSIS AND COMMENT. ALL SOURCES ARE CITED. THIS PAPER IS NOT, AND DOES NOT PURPORT TO BE, EITHER EXHAUSTIVE WITH REGARD TO CONDITIONS IN THE COUNTRY SURVEYED, OR CONCLUSIVE AS TO THE MERITS OF ANY PARTICULAR CLAIM TO REFUGEE STATUS OR ASYLUM. THE VIEWS EXPRESSED IN THIS PAPER ARE THOSE OF THE AUTHOR AND ARE NOT NECESSARILY THOSE OF UNHCR. NORTH KOREA: A POTENTIAL REFUGEE CRISIS? By Diederik Lohman October 1996 WRITENET IS A NETWORK OF RESEARCHERS AND WRITERS ON HUMAN RIGHTS, FORCED MIGRATION, ETHNIC AND POLITICAL CONFLICT. WRITENET IS A SUBSIDIARY OF PRACTICAL MANAGEMENT (UK) TABLE OF CONTENTS TUSummaryUT ...................................................................................................................................3 TU1.UT TUIntroductionUT...................................................................................................................3 TU2. Background Information And Recent DevelopmentsUT.......................................................3 TU3. The Issue Of Asylum Seekers From North KoreaUT ............................................................3 TU4. Reception Of North Korean Asylum SeekersUT...................................................................4 TU5. ConclusionsUT......................................................... ...