Refugees continue to enter China from North Korea. As it tightens control over its population, North Korea counts on cooperation from neighbouring China, where authorities are searching the cities and countryside for as many as 300,000-500,000 refugees who, according to US State Department estimates, have slipped across the border. China regards the North Koreans as illegal immigrants rather than refugees and as North Korea's sole ally of any importance, often sends them back.
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