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  • Commentary magazine, December 2012, page 41, Escaping from the North Korean Stalemate, by Jay P. Lefkowitz: "It is a signatory to the 1951 International Refugee Convention, which prohibits refoulment (the legal term for repatriation of refugees)..."

    December 10, 2012

  • Misspelling of refoulement (see).

    December 24, 2015