US embassy cable - 05BANGKOK3744

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GUIDANCE REGARDING TWO NORTH KOREAN SISTERS IN CAMBODIA

Identifier: 05BANGKOK3744
Wikileaks: View 05BANGKOK3744 at Wikileaks.org
Origin: Embassy Bangkok
Created: 2005-06-07 08:19:00
Classification: CONFIDENTIAL
Tags: PREF PREL PHUM KN KS CB Refugee North Korea
Redacted: This cable was not redacted by Wikileaks.
This record is a partial extract of the original cable. The full text of the original cable is not available.


 
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, Refugee, North Korea (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 

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