Park Bum-gye “Review of Special Humanitarian Sojourn for Afghans in Korea” (Comprehensive)

Minister of Justice Park Beom-gye said on the 24th, “We are considering a special residence permit for Afghan people staying in Korea.”

Minister Park met with reporters on the way to work at the Ministry of Justice on the morning of the same day and said, “Even in Myanmar, there were standards for allowing special stay, and I think the same standards can be applied to Afghans residing in Korea.” It could be,” he said.

Previously, the Ministry of Justice implemented a special humanitarian sojourn measure for Myanmar citizens staying in Korea in consideration of the situation in Myanmar, where bloodshed occurred in a military coup in March.

At that time, the Ministry of Justice granted temporary status of stay to legal residents who wished to stay in Korea due to local circumstances in Myanmar.

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According to the Ministry of Justice, there are a total of 417 Afghans currently residing in Korea, of which about 120 will expire this year.

Minister Park also said, “The Ministry of Justice is preparing from various angles at the level of the Ministry of Justice in relation to the issue of repatriating local people who worked or assisted with Korean-related institutions in Afghanistan. did it,” he said.

National Security Office Director Suh Hoon attended a plenary meeting of the National Assembly Steering Committee the day before and said that he was considering the issue of repatriating locals from Afghanistan to South Korea.

Regarding the opposition from some over the acceptance of Afghan refugees, Minister Park said, “Korea’s status in the international community is different from what it used to be.” “he emphasized.

He continued, “There may be many controversies, but the time has come to actively consider them from the point of view of national interests and human rights.”

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