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David Cicilline: “If the Chinese Government helps North Korean defectors to go freely to South Korea, I think that there could be a…”

On the recordOctober 31, 2017
If the Chinese Government helps North Korean defectors to go freely to South Korea, I think that there could be a massive exodus of North Korean population to China through their borders with China.
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David Cicilline
Democratic · Rhode Island

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Cicilline discusses potential mass migration of North Koreans if China allows defectors to escape.

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