{"id":16827,"date":"2008-01-30T21:40:06","date_gmt":"2008-01-31T04:40:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2008\/01\/no-room-for-refugees\/"},"modified":"2008-01-30T22:10:43","modified_gmt":"2008-01-31T05:10:43","slug":"no-room-for-refugees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2008\/01\/no-room-for-refugees\/","title":{"rendered":"No Room for Refugees"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img src='http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/13526225.jpg' alt='Mehmud Family - Refugees in China' align=\"right\" \/><br \/>\nA small community of Ahmadiyya Muslims make their homes in China after fleeing religious persecution in their native Pakistan&#8211;but now, according to Radio Netherlands Worldwide, China wants them out. <\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>China may have signed up to international refugee agreements, but it still sticks to its own rule: China is not to be the final destination for any refugees. 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