South Koreans do not want Muslim refugees, say
their Prez should be more like Trump, by Ann Corcoran,
7/10/18.
‘Fake Refugees Get Out’: How South Koreans Are Channeling Trump.
“Donald Trump is a true patriot,” Lee said. “He says, ‘America First,’ and really puts his people first. That’s what our president should do too, instead of thinking of other people like these Yemenis.”
The asylum seekers in Jeju have sparked an uproar in South Korea, mirroring immigration debates in the U.S. and Europe.
I missed this story about ten days ago, but thanks to reader Joanne for
sending it. It is
from Bloomberg, and isn’t a surprise to me.
Japan takes virtually no refugees because they see what is happening in Europe
and the US, and because they want to maintain their own culture.
So,
no surprise that this Asian country doesn’t want to roll out the ‘welcome’ mat
either. They aren’t refugees,
they are able-bodied men say locals on tourist-friendly Jeju Island.
On the South Korean island of Jeju, a tourist hotspot famed for blue
waters and sandy beaches, Lee Hyang is angry.
The
target of her wrath? More than 500 asylum seekers from war-torn Yemen looking
for a safe place to live and work.
Lee,
who leads a local group demanding the Yemeni nationals be deported, believes
outsiders compete for jobs and pose a threat to local safety. The refugees she
saw at the immigration center looked “really scary,” she said. She praised the
U.S. president, who won a victory this week when the Supreme Court upheld his
ban on visitors from seven countries, including Yemen. The asylum seekers
gather for a job fair.
One
group opposed to letting them stay has posters describing the Yemenis as “fake
refugees” and urging them to “get out.” An online petition calling for their
dismissal has been signed by more than half a million people over the past 15
days.
“The Trump administration’s anti-immigration policy has been used as an
excuse for many conservative factions opposing those seeking asylum in Korea,”
said Shin He-inn, senior public information associate at UNHCR-Korea. “They use it as a reason to say,
‘Look America’s not doing this, Europe’s not doing this, why should we?’ — and
that’s misleading. Worldwide, countries accept hundreds and thousands of
refugees each year.” It’s a long and interesting story.
No
time to write more now, so please go and visit Bloomberg for
more of it. By the way, Yemen is one of the banned countries for admission to
the US.
Norb Leahy, Dunwoody
GA Tea Party Leader
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