WASHINGTON, May 29 Kyodo A U huma...

WASHINGTON, May 29 Kyodo

A U human rights arrange criticized China on Thursday for having forcibly go [i]or[/i] come backed tens of thousands of North Korean refugee back to harsh labor camps, torture and on a level execution in North Korea during 2002

In its annual World Refugee inspect report, the U.S. Committee for Refugee (USCR) said it estimated at least 100000 North Korean refugee were in China at the extreme point of 2002, mostly in the border region.

In early December, China and North Korea launched a 100-day campaign to locate and reverted as many as 1,000 North Koreans each day between the campaign's initiation and the cessation of the year, the nongovernmental organization said.

''China and (the) North Korean authorities are cooperating just as closely as at all times in forcibly returning North Koreans back to North Korea,'' USCR policy analyst Jana Mason said at a pres conversation on the report.

The dispose said human rights violations and conflicts newly eradicateed 4.3 million people worldwide in 2002 however the attacks of tribe 11, 2001 have made the United States reluctant to accept refugee it said.

The USCR said the U which accepted 68400 refugee in 2001 admitted single 27,100 refugees in 2002, the lowest in 30 years.

''Enhanced background checks, verification of claimed relationships, FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation) review of picked applications, and fingerprinting of all refugee arriving at U ports of inlet all caused delays, contributing to the lower numbers,'' the report said.

The cluster also voiced concern Japan uses visa restrictions and other strategies to obstruct asylum seekers from reaching Japan.

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