Helping North Koreans Flee to Freedom (2003)

The Great Escape (2003) - Up to 300,000 North Koreans may have fled to China, only to find their poverty and persecution continues. Secret filming reveals the plight of these refugees as they then try to flee to the West. In China most refugees face a life in bondage to avoid being sent home. The only other escape is to break into Western embassies and claim asylum, but the Chinese are cracking down and armed troops now patrol.

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