Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
05BANGKOK3744
2005-06-07 08:19:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Bangkok
Cable title:  

GUIDANCE REGARDING TWO NORTH KOREAN SISTERS IN

Tags:  PREF PREL PHUM KN KS CB DPRK 
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C O N F I D E N T I A L BANGKOK 003744 

SIPDIS

GENEVA FOR RMA

E.O. 12958: DECL: 06/07/2015
TAGS: PREF PREL PHUM KN KS CB DPRK
SUBJECT: GUIDANCE REGARDING TWO NORTH KOREAN SISTERS IN
CAMBODIA

REF: A. STATE 104207


B. BEIJING 8769

Classified By: Political Counselor Robert Clarke. Reason: 1.4 (b,d).

C O N F I D E N T I A L BANGKOK 003744

SIPDIS

GENEVA FOR RMA

E.O. 12958: DECL: 06/07/2015
TAGS: PREF PREL PHUM KN KS CB DPRK
SUBJECT: GUIDANCE REGARDING TWO NORTH KOREAN SISTERS IN
CAMBODIA

REF: A. STATE 104207


B. BEIJING 8769

Classified By: Political Counselor Robert Clarke. Reason: 1.4 (b,d).


1. (C) Per ref a request, on June 7 Refcoord told UNHCR
Regional Representative Hasim Utkan that the U.S. would
consider refugee referrals of the two North Korean sisters
reportedly in Cambodia if UNHCR determines that it is in
their best interest to travel to the United States.


2. (C) Utkan said he understood and noted that the two girls
had not yet approached the UNHCR office in Phnom Penh. He
also cautioned that if UNHCR were to refer the cases to the
United States and they were accepted for resettlement, there
may be some difficulty in their movement to the United
States. He noted that in the cases of 5 North Koreans who
entered the Swedish and French Embassies in Hanoi earlier
this year, the Thai goverment refused to allow them to
transit Bangkok for South Korea. As a result, UNHCR had to
arrange for their transport through Singapore.
BOYCE