339 Yeminis allowed to stay on Jeju Island
(WorldNews South Korea)

By Kang Seung-woo More than 300 Yemeni nationals on Jeju Island have been granted one-year humanitarian stay permits, the justice ministry said Wednesday. The Jeju Immigration Office decided to allow 339 of the asylum seekers to stay on humanitarian grounds instead of officially granting them refugee status. Now they can leave Jeju and enter mainland Korea The office rejected 34 refugee applications, while delaying its decision on...