The Rescue Fund is a volunteer team within NKHR that raises awareness and money through social media campaigns and fundraisers. NKHR uses the money that the Rescue Fund team raises to rescue North Korean refugees from China and other third countries, where the refugees must live in constant fear and danger. If they are captured, North Korean refugees will be repatriated to North Korea, where they will be put into prison, tortured, or even executed. Because they must live underground, many North Korean refugees, especially women, fall victim to labor and sex trafficking. It takes some up to ten years to reach South Korea.
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