탈북민의 재입북에 대한 경찰의 역할에 관한 연구 = A study on the re-entry to the North Korea and the role of Korean National Police

국문 초록 (Abstract)

최근 목숨을 걸고 북한을 탈출하여 국내에 정착한 탈북민들의 재입북 사례가 늘고 있다. 하지만 이들은 비공식 경로를 통해 입북하기 때문에 정확한 숫자를 파악하기 어렵고, 앞으로 재입북의 가능성이 있는 탈북민도 많은 것으로 알려지고 있다. 더구나 북한은 재입북자들을 대남선전용으로 이용함으로써 국내 탈북민 사회에 심각한 혼란을 야기하고 탈북민 정책에 많은 어려움을 줄 것으로 예상된다. 따라서 재입북의 원인과 지원실태를 알아보고, 재입북을 막을 수 있는 맞춤 지원정책과 원활한 업무 수행을 위한 협조체제의 구축과 통합기구의 설치가 필요하다.

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

There has been an increase of re-entry cases to the North Korea of North Korean Defectors who settled down in the South Korea at the risk of their lives. Around 2,000 people out of approximately 25,000 North Korean Defectors escaped from South Korea, and about 200 people reentered into North Korea. However, it is difficult to figure out accurate numbers of North Korean Defectors because these people reentered to North Korea through informal channels. And there are also many North Korean Defectors who have the possibility of reentering to North Korea in the future. In addition, it is expected that North Korea will take advantage of these people for propaganda against South Korea to cause a serious chaos in the domestic North Korean Defectors society and give several difficulties to the policies on the North Korean Defectors. North Korean Defectors are human resources who can prevent political, social, cultural chaos in the unification process. Meanwhile, the government made a lot of efforts to North Korean Defectors, but there are lack of supports customized by individual and countermeasures of Police against maneuvers and threats from North Korea. In this research, we analyze the causes of reentry to the North Korea and the problems of Korean National Police support system to the North Korean Defectors, and we recommend some measures as policy alternatives, including an enforcement of supportive policy suited for North Korean Defectors, foundation of an integrated organization driven by Korean National Police Agency, construction of public and private cooperation network. For these measures to succeed, they should be positively supported by government agencies involved and the entire nation.