7 N. Koreans seek refugee status at UNHCR in Beijing

7 N. Koreans seek refugee status at UNHCR in Beijing

BEIJING, China - The photo, taken June 21 in Dalian in China's Liaoning Province, shows seven North Korean refugees who occupied the Beijing office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) on June 26 to demand refugee status. According to a statement they prepared, the four males and three females, from one extended family, are fleeing from the communist regime in North Korea.

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