Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government whether they intend to raise the refusal by the government of China to provide assistance or protection to North Korean refugees in the UN Human Rights Council.

The UK regularly co-sponsors the UN Human Rights Council resolution on the situation of human rights in the DPRK, most recently adopted on 4 April 2023, which strongly urges all States to respect the fundamental principle of non-refoulement. The UK actively promotes the implementation of the 1951 UN Refugee Convention and we regularly call on all countries to abide by the principle of non-refoulement and not forcibly return people to countries where they face serious threats to their life or freedom.