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Where Should Refugees Go?
ByYangYu-min
StaffReporterofSocialSection
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n 2015, a baby in a red T-shirt and blue shorts was found dead off the coast of Bodrum, Moula, in southwestern
Turkey.Thechildwasonlythreeyearsold,arefugeefromIran,whowasinanaccidentwhereaboatcapsizedwhile
leavingSyriatoGreecewithhisfamilytoescapeterrorismandwar.Thedeathofasmallchildbecameanopportunity
toinformtheworldoftheseriousnessoftherefugeecrisis,andtheneedtofindasolutionforithasbeenraised.Assuch,
therefugeecrisishasemergedasaglobalproblemthatcannotbeignoredbyanycountryontheplanet.
In 1991, Korea had already ratified the United Nations Convention relating to the status of Refugees, which prioritizes
the protection of refugees’ human rights, and in 2012 enacted the “Refugee Act” to improve the status and treatment
of refugees for the first time in Asia. However, 10 years after the enactment of the law, Korea not only has the second-
lowest refugee recognition rate among the G20 but also has not solved the problems regarding refugees. The Argus, on
theoccasionofWorldRefugeeDayonJune20,illuminatestheKoreanrefugeeadministrationandsocialdiscrimination,
encouragingKoreatobeatruly“advancedcountry”thatexertsinfluenceontheinternationalarena.
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www.theargus.org
Where Should Refugees Go?
ByYangYu-min
StaffReporterofSocialSection
I
n 2015, a baby in a red T-shirt and blue shorts was found dead off the coast of Bodrum, Moula, in southwestern
Turkey.Thechildwasonlythreeyearsold,arefugeefromIran,whowasinanaccidentwhereaboatcapsizedwhile
leavingSyriatoGreecewithhisfamilytoescapeterrorismandwar.Thedeathofasmallchildbecameanopportunity
toinformtheworldoftheseriousnessoftherefugeecrisis,andtheneedtofindasolutionforithasbeenraised.Assuch,
therefugeecrisishasemergedasaglobalproblemthatcannotbeignoredbyanycountryontheplanet.
In 1991, Korea had already ratified the United Nations Convention relating to the status of Refugees, which prioritizes
the protection of refugees’ human rights, and in 2012 enacted the “Refugee Act” to improve the status and treatment
of refugees for the first time in Asia. However, 10 years after the enactment of the law, Korea not only has the second-
lowest refugee recognition rate among the G20 but also has not solved the problems regarding refugees. The Argus, on
theoccasionofWorldRefugeeDayonJune20,illuminatestheKoreanrefugeeadministrationandsocialdiscrimination,
encouragingKoreatobeatruly“advancedcountry”thatexertsinfluenceontheinternationalarena.
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www.theargus.org
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