Hell, that's one U.S. product they'll NEVER replace in terms of sheer grossness:
Posted on 08/05/2016 6:02:55 AM PDT by TigerLikesRooster
China Produces Fake N.Korean Defectors
China is rolling out fake North Korean defectors who then apply for asylum overseas and reap medical and other benefits from foreign governments. The ruse is another feather in the cap of China's burgeoning industry in fakes and knockoffs that covers everything from electronics to toxic frozen peas.
A source on Tuesday said there are a couple of private academies in Beijing's Wangjing district, which is home to a large ethnic Korean population, that help Chinese citizens fake documents to pose as North Korean defectors.
The main clients are ethnic Koreans from northeastern China who can speak the language. The academies teach them about North Korea and help them fabricate stories of their escape. If they succeed in gaining asylum overseas they can rake in hundreds of euros in monthly support from European governments and be eligible for other perks like medical insurance.
European governments used to be quite accommodating to people claiming to be North Korean defectors but screenings have become more stringent.
The source said the fake defectors are introduced to brokers who fabricate identity documents showing that they worked in coal mines or factories in North Korean prison camps. They are also coached on what questions are commonly asked by European officials.
But as these fake defectors are granted asylum in Europe, real defectors who are unable to produce identity documents are sometimes deported.
According to the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, 1,100 North Korean defectors lived in 13 countries as of 2015. Another 230 were waiting for the results of their asylum application.
The U.K. had the most with 622, followed by France with 146, Canada with 126, Germany with 104, Belgium with 66 and the Netherlands with 59. Twenty-two had settled in the U.S.
A government source here said some Chinese citizens posing as North Korean defectors even come to South Korea. "The international community must try to filter out fake defectors so that real ones do not face unfair treatment," a spokesman for a human rights group said.
By Kim Myong-song / Aug. 05, 2016 08:26 KST
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Dang cheap Chinese copies!...................
The easier solution would be to get rid of the Communist tyranny at the top. That, however, would take an economic, political, and perhaps even military blockade to collapse the society, led by the US, and with the present leadership of our nation enamored with Communist tyrants (cf. “Fidel Castro,” “Nicolas Maduro”), that isn’t going to happen for at least 170 days, if ever.
No defections after they lived in the west? Out of a thousand at least one honest one should step forward.
I disagree. The best solution is to end immigration and
asylum. There is nothing noble about allowing immigration
(particularly the massive, unchecked immigration of today)
or even asylum. The country is not necessarily
better for allowing asylum or immigration from the Third
World hellholes that exist around the globe.
Let the dissatisfaction of those people simmer in their
own countries and then perhaps enough people in those
nations will get mad enough to try to change life
in their respective nations. "Multiculturalism" is destroying
the Western world. Enough already!
Fake university degrees is the biggest one.
“Frozen Toxic Peas”
I used to be their drummer.
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