South Korea: No refugee status, but Yemenis can
stay for awhile, by Ann Corcoran, 10/17/18
Oh
boy, big mistake! If they have been denied asylum they need to go. I’m guessing that South Korea hasn’t been
paying attention to the Australian mess or even our mess in the US with
Temporary Protected Status. See my post from this summer on
South Korea’s Muslim migrants. Citizens get it, government doesn’t!
From Reuters (headline
is slightly deceptive!): South Korea denies refugee status to Yemeni asylum
seekers
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea has denied refugee status but granted
temporary stay permits to hundreds of Yemeni asylum seekers who arrived on the
southern island of Jeju this year, the Ministry of Justice announced on
Wednesday.
More
than 500 Yemenis sought refugee in South Korea between January and May, having
fled the war that has engulfed their homeland.
Asian
countries including China, Japan and South Korea grant very few asylum claims
and take few refugees from the UN.
The influx of asylum seekers to South Korea – which has only granted
refugee status to 839 of 40,470 applicants from various countries since 1994, not including defectors from North
Korea – sparked a backlash and led to the government tightening immigration
laws in June.
A total of 481 Yemenis have applied for asylum, with 362 granted
temporary humanitarian stay permits, the ministry said in a statement.
Another
34 applications were rejected with no permits issued because officials
determined they had criminal records or were seeking asylum for economic
reasons, the ministry said. A final 85 cases are still being processed.
Most
of the Yemenis flew into the resort island of Jeju, where they have largely
been blocked from leaving for mainland South Korea.
But
get this: Under
the humanitarian stay permits, the refugees will be able to leave Jeju. I presume that means to the mainland! More here. In
my humble opinion, South Korea will never be able to remove them now!
Norb Leahy, Dunwoody
GA Tea Party Leader
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