The Struggles, Stories and

International Conflicts of Being A

North Korean Refugee

Teal Group: Mackenzie O’Neill, Alexandra Stuto, and Alexander Meseck

Why is this topic important?

To understand the struggles that offers may be

going through

To be more aware of the world around us and the

issues others are having outside of the United States

To help aid those people, and or seize the power that

is controlling them
Project Break Down

Mackenzie O’Neill: Group Leader, Note Taker, - Nine Questions

Meeting and Planning Organizer
- Plattsburgh Cares Connection

Alexandra Stuto: Research/ Archive locator, - Final Project Ideas

Plattsburgh Care Coordinator

Alexander Meseck: Seminar Leader, Bibliographer,

Google Drive Organiser
Issue #1: Direct and Indirect International Relations with
North Korea

Main Points: Questions:

● How does the United States and
● United States affecting North North Korean relationship affect the
Korean refugees North Korean refugees?

● What is South Korea’s views and or

response to those fleeing North
Korea and seeking refuge in their
● South Korea perspectives
country?

● How does the United Nations and

other Western Nations, handle those
● United Nations along with Western who come from North Korea? Do
nations and their veiws/struggles they take kindly to those fleeing?
with North Korean refugees
Issue #2 : Sex Trafficking

Main points: Questions:

- In China - Why does this happen?

- Usually women
- Why are these women leaving South
Korea?

- Forced to wed

- Who are the usual buyers for women

who are being sex trafficked?
Issue #3 : Policy & The Outcome of Those Who Flee

Main points: Questions:

- Deportation - How long do people stay in the camps

for?

- Labor camps
- What kinds of questions do they ask
these people?
- Beatings

- How harsh is the policy?

- Questionings
Issue #4 : Refuge in China
Main points:
- China’s Refugee Policy
- Refugees Impact on China
- How Refugees Leave China
Questions:
- How does China prevent North
Koreans from entering China?
- What is China’s process of deporting
North Korean refugees?
- Does China treat North Korean
refugees different than those from
other countries/ borders?
- How does the influx of people affect
the provinces of Liaoning and Jilin?
- How do North Koreans flee China?
- What challenges do they face while
leaving?
Plattsburgh Cares

Contact: Janet McFetridge

Topics:

- The difference of experience

- Personal stories

- Problems that are faced

Final Project Ideas

For our final project we had in mind creating a trifold pamphlet with information on the
North Korean asylum seekers, and the issues they go through.

We had another idea of maybe doing more than one pamphlet to highlight more than one
topic as well.

For the final project we have to keep in mind the Plattsburgh Cares group so they could
potentially use this to show the issues of what others are going through around the world.

We hope to have our final project be informational and eye opening to some. Since North
Korea is a hot topic right now in the world, it is good to keep up on what they are going
through.