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date	13/07/2017
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	High Speed 2 Railway Line
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government when they last made representations to the government of China regarding refoulement of North Korean refugees to North Korea; and what response they received.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
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answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/07/2017 answer text <p>We most recently raised the issue of non-refoulement of North Korean refugees with the Chinese authorities at the UK-China Human Rights Dialogue in Beijing on 27 June.</p><p>We restated our belief that North Korean refugees fleeing the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) should be treated as such under the 1951 refugee convention.</p><p>We are aware of reports that those returned to the DPRK have been subject to mistreatment by the authorities. The UK continues to raise our human rights concerns directly with the DPRK regime through our bilateral engagement and in international fora.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 27/07/2017 13:52:19 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

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date	12/07/2017
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Burma: Rohingya
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the government of China regarding the case of Liu Xiaobo and his desire to be released to seek medical treatment abroad.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL738
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2017 answer text <p>As the Foreign Secretary stated on 13 July, we are deeply saddened to hear of the death of Liu Xiaobo. He was a Nobel Peace Prize Laureate and lifelong campaigner for democracy, human rights and peace. His death is a huge loss and our thoughts are with his wife, Liu Xia, his wider family, friends and supporters.</p><p>The Foreign and Commonwealth Office Minister of State for Asia and the Pacific raised the case of Liu Xiaobo directly with the Chinese Ambassador on 5 July. He called for Liu Xiaobo to be allowed full access to the medical treatment of his choice and for all restrictions on him and his family to be lifted. We also raised his case at the UK-China Human Rights Dialogue which was held in Beijing on 27 June.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 26/07/2017 15:57:08 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool