Sec. 7. Support for North Korean refugees
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The Secretary of State and the Secretary of Homeland Security should collaborate with faith-based and Korean-American organizations to resettle North Korean participants in the United States Refugee Admissions Program in areas with existing Korean-American communities to mitigate trauma and mental health considerations of refugees, as appropriate. The Secretary of State shall ensure that a program officer in the Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration of the Department of State— is stationed in a country in Southeast Asia or East Asia; and is principally responsible for facilitating the processing and onward relocation of North Koreans eligible for the United States Refugee Admissions Program or resettlement in South Korea.
The Secretary of State shall publicly disseminate guidelines and information relating to resettlement options in the United States or South Korea for eligible North Korean refugees, with a particular focus on messaging to North Koreans. The guidelines and information described in subsection (c)— shall be published on a publicly available website of the Department of State; shall be broadcast into North Korea through radio broadcasting operations funded or supported by the United States Government; and shall be distributed through brochures or electronic storage devices.