The prisoners, often detained just for being in China, are likely to suffer greatly in the hands of their new captors. The Transitional Justice Working Group (tjwg), a South Korean ngo, says it located five points on the border where Chinese authorities handed detainees over to the North Korean authorities, and estimated how many were moved through each. When north korea said on August 27th that its citizens could return home for the first time since the start of the pandemic, those trapped in Chinese detention centres must have known their luck had run out. A Chinese prison is an unpleasant place, no doubt. What is your take on the move ?

