South Korean Opposition Criticizes Government For Refusing Yemenis Refugee Status
(WorldNews South Korea)

Progressives criticized the South Korean government as caving into xenophobic rhetoric on Thursday after it rejected a plea for refugee status for nearly 400 asylum seekers who fled from war-torn Yemen to the resort island of Jeju earlier this year, according to the South China Morning Post. Justice Party spokesman Choi Seok said South Korea was allowing public sentiment to influence decisions on crucial human rights issues and accused the government of neglecting its responsibility as a member of the United Nations. `The Yemeni refugees have risked every danger to come to our country, just so that they could survive,` Choi said. `It´s no different from the people of our own country half a...