Word: unhcr
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...from fewer than 10 in the whole of last year. Beijing's nightmare is that millions could start pouring across the border. As a result, Chinese police relentlessly hunt down North Koreans to send them back; they recently began house-to-house searches along the border. If the UNHCR office is suddenly seen as a haven, so much the worse for Beijing...
...businessman who aided the Jangs, 48-year-old Moon, comes across as the hero of the affair. The former textile salesman has worked with refugees in China for five years, and has helped the Jangs since they first crossed the border. He met several times with UNHCR officials who urged him to take the family to Mongolia, he says, but he deemed the trip too dangerous after he heard reports of refugees getting arrested on that route. So instead of a quiet escape, he arranged for the family to take a 24-hour bus trip to the capital. (They went...
...prominent families helped prepare her for the peripatetic life she now leads. Her father is an international judge, and the family lived in Sweden, France, Italy and Morocco. She practiced law for 16 years, serving as an associate judge in Sweden and later as a legal officer with the UNHCR in Geneva, but in recent years has focused on art. "To start painting was not an easy choice," she says, "but it was a privilege to immerse myself in something that I loved." The depth of her feelings for Kofi - the marriage is a second one for both - is unmistakable...