About 100 North Korean workers granted work visas by Russian authorities received temporary asylum in Russia, the Russian Agency of International Information (RIA Novosti) reported on Tuesday.
The head of Russia's Federal Migration Service Vladimir Brooks said that the laborers received temporary asylum on humanitarian grounds in recent years, but that "only a few" were granted permanent refugee status, RIA Novosti reported.
About 100 North Korean workers granted work visas by Russian authorities received temporary asylum in Russia, the Russian Agency of International Information (RIA Novosti) reported on Tuesday.
The head of Russia's Federal Migration Service Vladimir Brooks said that the laborers received temporary asylum on humanitarian grounds in recent years, but that "only a few" were granted permanent refugee status, RIA Novosti reported.
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