Dokument #1356018
IRB – Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (Autor)
No information is available at the present
time regarding the possible ill-treatment of a Chinese citizen who
returns to the country after a lengthy, but legal absence.
However, in a response dated 1 May 1989 to
a series of questions regarding exit and return to the PRC, the
Refugee Coordinator of the Canadian (English) branch of Amnesty
International stated that
The treatment meted out to people returned
to China after an unsuccessful attempt to claim asylum abroad
depends on their personal background, police record, their
connections and the circumstances in which they left the country
and claimed asylum abroad, as well as to some extent their
willingness to admit they did something wrong. It may vary from a
few months' "supervision" or detention to long terms of
imprisonment (or even the death penalty if they are accused of
passing on secret information to foreigners). Though criminal
prosecution does not always happen, all are potentially liable to
be charged under the Criminal Law. . .