ICC Note:

A Catholic priest says the situation is deteriorating for Christians that have fled North Korea to China. Under Kim Jong-un persecution has increased and more people are starving. There are now an estimated 200,000 North Koreans in China who fear repatriation by the Chinese government. “They all know they’ll be tortured, sent to camps and killed if this happens.” China does not provide assistance to North Korean refugees and maintains a policy of automatic repatriation if North Koreans are caught. China has also been cracking down on missionaries and ministries that are helping North Korean refugees in China.

4/4/2017 North Korea (UCA News) – A French Catholic priest working with North Korean refugees in China said conditions have worsened for surviving Christians under the dictatorship of Kim Jong-un and urged the Chinese government to give shelter to fugitives from the communist-ruled country.

Fr. Philippe Blot, who works with the Paris Foreign Mission Society, described the situation facing North Korean refugees as “becoming ever more dramatic” as they flee to China to avoid dying of hunger, the National Catholic Reporter said.

“The 200,000 North Koreans now in China shouldn’t be forcibly repatriated,” he said in an interview with France’s Le Monde daily March 30. “They all know they’ll be tortured, sent to camps and killed if this happens.”

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