Showing posts with label jeju. Show all posts
Showing posts with label jeju. Show all posts

Saturday, July 7, 2018

HOW CAN THEY BE REFUGEES??? They are YOUNG MEN!!...

Yemeni asylum seekers on Jeju still need medical assistance: human rights agency

At least 32 Yemeni asylum seekers on South Korea's Jeju Island are in need of medical attention, despite Seoul's announcement last month that it has offered food and medical assistance to the refugees, the National Human Rights Commission of Korea has found."We have found that most of the support programs for the Yemeni asylum seekers on Jeju are in fact being organized and provided by nongovernmental bodies and g...

Saturday, June 30, 2018

Oh fuck. They are already targeting Korea!

[Newsmaker] South Korea's 'refugee crisis' reveals its gendered Islamophobia

With some 500 Yemeni nationals seeking asylum on Jeju Island, many in South Korea say the country is facing its first "refugee crisis."  Indeed, the influx of the refugees from Yemen has triggered a fierce backlash among Koreans against immigration rules of Jeju Island, where, unlike the rest of South Korea, most foreign passport-holders can stay for a month without a visa.