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To establish a case for refugee status, they had to demonstrate a well-founded fear of persecution.
WSJ: Secret Mission Rescues Yemen's Jews
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The United Nations Convention on Refugees - which defines a refugee as someone with a well-founded fear of being persecuted for reasons of race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group or political opinion - is 51 years old.
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China is signatory to the United Nations 1951 convention and 1967 protocol on refugees, but utterly ignores its resulting obligations to provide protection for North Koreans--all of whom, merely by entering China, are subject to a well-founded fear of persecution if sent back.
FORBES: North Korean refugees lead lives of hell in China.