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Face Deportation: Korean

face deportation: They face deportation to South Korea a place that Jo said is hostile to North Korean nationals, according to Toronto Star. Part of the issue identified in the Oct. 30 letter that Jo and her husband, Myungchul Kang, received is this the South Korean government automatically grants North Koreans citizenship. Instead, she and as many as 50 other North Korean families residing across the GTA recently received letters from the federal Immigration Department informing them that their requests for permanent residency are poised to be revoked. Canada recognizes South Korea as a safe haven for refugees. They told refugee board officials they'd travelled directly from China when, in fact, they'd lived for several years in South Korea. Another issue Jo admitted at a Saturday news conference with other affected families that she and her husband weren't truthful when they arrived in Toronto as asylum seekers in 2010. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.