North Korean Economy Watch

According to the Korea Times:

Canada granted 66 North Korean defectors refugee status in 2009, which is almost 10 times higher than in 2008, a report said Saturday.

Radio Free Asia, quoting a report from the Canadian Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, said that more North Koreans are expected to receive the status as there are 59 defectors currently under review.

The North American country’s first case of granting refugee status to a North Korean was in 2000. In 2008, there were seven more cases.

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According to the radio, a total of 93 North Koreans had also settled down in the United States as of last December.

Read the full article here:
66 North Koreans Given Refugee Status in Canada
Korea Times
Kim Sue-young
1/31/2010

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