North Korean Refugees

escapees—that is to say, for aiding in their relocation to the South, for welcoming them into South Korean life, and for positively determining to abet their integration as ROK citizens and members of ROK society—is compelling, in fact overwhelming.

Indeed, I believe it is imperative that the ROK—for legal, and for moral, but also for entirely practical reasons—accept the challenge now posed by the continuing distress of these very vulnerable fellow Koreans (Koreans so far from home, and yet so near!) and actively rise to meet it.