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Refugee:Refugeemeansaforeignerwhoisunableordoesnotdesiretoreceiveprotectionfromthenationofhis/hernationalityin
well-grounded fear that he/she is likely to be persecuted based on race, religion, nationality, the status as a member of a specific
social group, or political opinion, or a stateless foreigner who is unable or does not desire to return to the nation in which he/she
residedbeforeenteringtheRepublicofKoreabecauseofsuchfear.
Recognizedrefugee:RecognizedrefugeemeansaforeignerrecognizedasarefugeeundertheRefugeeAct.AccordingtoArticle
31oftheRefugeeAct,recognizedrefugeeshavetherighttothesamelevelofsocialsecurityasKoreancitizens.
Humanitarian sojourner: Humanitarian sojourner means a foreigner granted a stay permit from the Ministry of Justice (MOJ) as
prescribedbypresidentialdecreeasapersonwhohasrationalgroundsforrecognizingthathis/herlife,personalliberty,etc.isvery
likelytobeinfringedbytorture,otherinhumanetreatmentorpunishment,orotherevents.
recognition rate from 2010 to 2020 shows a steady decline.
PROBLEM
Excluding a slight rebound in 2017 and 2018, it declined
more than 12 percentage points from 2010 to 2020. As of
IsSouthKoreaaRefugeeParadise?
2020, the number of refugees worldwide registered with the
UNHCRwas20,362,288,andtheEUhasa32percentrefugee
“South Korea is a refugee paradise.” These are words from
recognition rate, accepting 6,673,149 refugees, about a third
a statement issued by a member of the National Assembly of
of all refugees. Compared with the EU, the Korean refugee
South Korea on August 25, 2021. It is claimed that Korea is
recognitionrateof2.8percentisaremarkablylownumber.In
a country that is tolerant of refugees; But does it mean that
aninterviewwithYonhapNewsonAugust26,2021,UNHCR
Koreaisagoodcountry?Accordingtothe“StatusofRefugees
Korea’s representative said, “Korea was ranked 139th in the
inKorea”releasedbytheNANCENRefugeeRightsCenteron
‘RefugeeAcceptanceCapacityandContributionIndex’of174
March9,2021,asofDecember31,2020,outofatotalof6,684
countries surveyed at the end of 2020. It seems that the low
refugeeapplications,atotalof52wererecognizedasrefugees.
refugee recognition rate has been reflected in the evaluation.”
From 1994, when refugee applications were first received,
Overall, Korea has the second lowest refugee recognition
to Aprill 2022, the cumulative number of refugee applicants
rateamongtheG20,aninternationalorganizationthathas20
totaled74,610.Amongthem,about58percenthavecompleted
majorcountriesasmembers.
refugee status screening, and the number of recognized
refugeesisacumulative1,194,andtherefugeerecognitionrate
isonlyabout2.8percent.
Center
RefugeeRecognitionRate
Rights
80
69.23
ⓒMOJ
StatisticsofRefugeefrom1994toAprilof2022
70
Refugee
60
50
CumulativeRefugeeApplicants
ⓒNANCEN
40
Total74,610
26.27
30
RecognizedRefugee
20
9.7
1,194(About2.8%)
10
3
0.4
1
4
5
6
7
8
9
2
3
5
6
8
9
1
4
7
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
Humanitariansojourner
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2,424(About5.6%)
EnforcementoftheRefugeeAct
RefugeeRecognitionRate
RefugeeStatusScreeningCompleted
▲VeryfewrefugeeapplicantsarerecognizedasrefugeesinKorea.
42,947(About58%)
ThePublic’sHatredofRefugeesIs“Fake”
▲Accordingtothestatistics,onlyaboutoneoutof20refugeeapplicantshas
statusofresidenceinKorea.
A total of 378 locals and their families who helped the
According to data from the United Nations High
Korean government in Afghanistan set foot in Korea as
CommissionerforRefugees(UNHCR),SouthKorea’srefugee
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