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China has repatriated about 50 North Korean escapees, including air force pilots and others who could face severe punishment including the death penalty, sources on the Chinese side of the border told RFA.
The first such repatriations since Beijing and Pyongyang closed their borders in January 2020 at the start of the pandemic took place on July 14 at the northwestern border city of Sinuiju, across the Yalu River border from China’s Dandong, a source in the city told RFA.
Most North Korean escapees have a goal of reaching South Korea, but arrivals in the South are at an all-time low due to the pandemic. Not only is it difficult for North Koreans to cross over into China, once there, making their way to a third country has also gotten more difficult.
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Union of European Football Associations (UEFA), the governing body of European football, gives due emphasis to its social responsibilities and works extensively in areas related to social inclusion of disadvantaged groups, including refugees. Thus, the social inclusion of refugees is a priority in UEFA’s work that is directed off the football field. As part of this commitment, UEFA has signed a Cooperation Protocol with the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). The agreement was signed by the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, and UEFA’s Football and Social Responsibility Director, Michele Uva, at the UNHCR’s headquarters in Geneva
UEFA and Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) establish Cooperation Protocol Friday 21 May 2021
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UEFA and UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, have this week signed a Cooperation Protocol to support refugee access to sport and enhance social inclusion.
Article top media content UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi (L), UEFA’s football and social responsibility director, Michele Uva (R) @UNHCR
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The Protocol commits the two organisations to establish long-term initiatives to support refugees and forcibly displaced people by harnessing the transformative power of football to assist and uphold their rights and strengthen their integration in their host communities.