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Chris Smith: The international community--especially the United Nations, the Obama administration, and the U.S. Congress--must insist…

On the recordMarch 4, 2012
The international community--especially the United Nations, the Obama administration, and the U.S. Congress--must insist that China, at long last, honor its treaty obligations, end its egregious practice of systematic refoulement, or be exposed as hypocrites.
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Chris Smith
Republican · New Jersey

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Smith calls for international pressure on China to uphold its treaty obligations regarding refugees.

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