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Vietnamese refugees well settled in China, await citizenship
10 May 2007 One of the most successful local integration programmes in the world has seen some 300,000 former Vietnamese nationals build new lives in China. Ethnically Chinese, these refugees now want formal citizenship in their adopted homeland. -
UNHCR urges Nepal not to send Tibetan detainees back to China
30 May 2003 The UN refugee agency believes that a group of 18 Tibetans detained in Nepal since April 17 may fall under UNHCR's mandate. It has appealed to the Nepalese authorities not to send the Tibetans back to China before their claims and status have been determined. -
UNHCR seeks access to North Koreans detained in China
21 Jan 2003 Officials from the UN refugee agency have asked China for access to 48 North Koreans arrested while trying to leave the country by boat last Saturday, urging Beijing not to send them back to their country. -
North Korean asylum seekers arrive in South Korea
2 Jul 2001 Seven North Koreans arrived in Seoul on Saturday four days after they took refugee at the UNHCR office in Beijing, requesting to go to South Korea. -
North Korean family spends second day at UNHCR office
27 Jun 2001 A family of seven North Koreans including three women sought asylum at the UNHCR office in Beijing Tuesday.