Title	AC (North Korea) [2019] NZIPT 801589
Publisher	New Zealand: Immigration and Protection Tribunal
Publication Date	18 November 2019
Country	China | Republic of Korea | New Zealand | Democratic People's Republic of Korea
Topics	Exclusion clauses | Serious non-political crime | Trafficking in persons
Cite as	AC (North Korea) [2019] NZIPT 801589, New Zealand: Immigration and Protection Tribunal, 18 November 2019, available at: https://www.refworld.org/cases,NZ_IPT,5f6492254.html [accessed 17 May 2023]
Comments	The Tribunal is not satisfied that there are serious reasons for considering that the appellant “has committed a serious non-political crime outside [New Zealand] prior to his admission to [New Zealand] as a refugee” because any crime he committed was of a political kind. [125] Accordingly, the appellant is not excluded from the protection of the Refugee Convention under Article 1F(b) of that Convention.
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