I’m considering helping out with a particular organization that helps North Korean refugees, but am curious to hear the thoughts of people at Lemmygrad.
This is NOT a troll post, I’m genuinely interested in thoughts of more pro-China/NK individuals on the topic.
A little bit about me:
- Politically unaligned, just want to make the world a better place
- Contributor of FOSS/various non-profits in the past
There may be ways I can contribute to society better than this, but it’s also better than nothing. I’m more curious to hear thoughts on if or why it might be more bad than neutral.
(Not linking organization directly - DM if interested)
Tagging (@Farmer_Heck@lemmygrad.ml for relevancy)
This organization in particular helps people who have left the DPRK but want to resettle in a quasi-socialist country. So maybe they’re in SK right now but want to begin life somewhere else entirely, or are in other countries in the surrounding region.
The type of help the organization gives is resettlement and basic needs for the purpose of integration, not for the purpose of returning back to their homeland.
Does this sound yay or nay?
I think that will depend entirely on who the NGO takes on.
Helping immigrants acclimate to their new country is generally good. You should however also look at what they’re doing on the ground (which you’ve probably done), because integration can mean different things to different people. If you send me the org I can take a look at their website.
But remember that the guy who wrote Escape from camp 13 was a pedophile wanted in the DPRK for such a crime. It’s important to understand who the people that leave their country are (they are not all the same) and why… there’s different reasons to emigrate. And different reasons to bring in (or refuse to bring in) immigrants. These are questions only you can answer.
At the very least, you can try volunteering with them and see if you like it. You might learn things about the DPRK talking to them.