Based on assumed common ethnicity, language and culture, South Korea is believed to be the best country for North Korean defectors to restart their lives. This is, however, not necessarily the case. Since the mid-2000s, 2000 to 3000 North Koreans have allegedly settled in the UK, Canada, the US, Australia and EU countries. Despite this trend and its broader implications, the onward migration process of North Korean refugees, together with their motivations and lived experiences, remain poorly addressed in academic research. Drawing from the unique experience of North Korean refugees’ onward movement to Australia, the paper suggests that discarding a North Korean identity and habitus and gaining cosmopolitan habitus are the main reasons behind North Korean defectors’ onward migration. The paper is the first empirical study on North Korean refugees resettled in Australia to adopt habitus as a theoretical framework, and thus provides new insight into migration studies.

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北朝鲜难民向澳大利亚的继续移民：寻找国际化的习惯

基于假定的共同种族，语言和文化，韩国被认为是朝鲜叛逃者重新开始生活的最佳国家。但是，不一定是这种情况。自2000年代中期以来，据称有2000至3000名朝鲜人定居在英国，加拿大，美国，澳大利亚和欧盟国家。尽管有这种趋势及其广泛的影响，但是在学术研究中，朝鲜难民的继续迁移过程以及他们的动机和生活经验仍然没有得到很好的解决。借鉴北朝鲜难民向澳大利亚迁徙的独特经验，该论文表明，抛弃北朝鲜的身份和习惯，并获得国际化的习惯是北朝鲜叛逃者继续移民的主要原因。