DPRK ASYLUM SEEKER -- MOVING FORWARD

C O N F I D E N T I A L BANGKOK 000752

SIPDIS

GENEVA FOR RMA

E.O. 12958: DECL: 01/28/2015
TAGS: PREF PGOV PREL ASEC KN KS LA TH LAOS DPRK
SUBJECT: DPRK ASYLUM SEEKER -- MOVING FORWARD

REF: STATE 15450

Classified By: POLITICAL COUNSELOR ROBERT CLARKE. REASON 1.4 (B,D)


1. (C) In response to reftel, Refcoord informed UNHCR Chief
Protection Officer Kirsten Young on January 27 of the latest
developments in the case of DPRK asylum seeker Anh and asked
what assistance UNHCR would be able to provide in the
resolution of this issue. Reiterataing earlier commitments
made by UNCHR Regional Representative Hasim Utkan, Young
responded that UNHCR was willing to provide whatever
assistance it could to facilitate a solution agreed upon by
the concerned governments, including possible monitoring of
events during a transfer at the Lao-Thai border.
BOYCE