New York, Feb. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Yemeni civil society organizations believe justice and accountability can play a decisive role in establishing a lasting peace in Yemen, according to a new Open Society Foundations report. A Passage to Justice: Selected Yemeni Civil Society Views of Transitional Justice and Long-Term Accountability in Yemen highlights the leading role [...]
JEJU/SEOUL, Dec. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — The immigration office on the southern island of Jeju decided Friday to grant refugee status to two Yemeni asylum seekers, the first move of its kind since South Korea began to grapple with their inflow early this year. The immigration office also gave 50 other applicants humanitarian stay permits [...]
JEJU/SEOUL, Oct. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — The immigration office on the southern island of Jeju decided Wednesday to give 339 Yemeni asylum seekers humanitarian stay permits in South Korea, the justice ministry said. The office also rejected refuge applications from 34 Yemenis without issuing stay permits for them and deferred decisions on 85 others, the [...]
JEJU, Sept. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — The immigration office on the southern island of Jeju decided Friday to give 23 Yemeni asylum seekers humanitarian stay permits in South Korea, although it rejected their applications for official refugee status. The 23 were among hundreds of Yemenis who arrived on Jeju earlier this year and applied for [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — Conflicts surrounding Yemeni refugee applicants in Jeju have become frequent at the refugees’ temporary workplaces, stemming from cultural differences between the Yemenis and their Korean employers. On July 10, a Yemeni refugee in his 20s who was hired as a crewman on a ship filed a police report claiming [...]
JEJU, Jul. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — As the issue regarding the acceptance of Yemeni refugees continues to divide the nation, a discussion on how Christians should treat the matter was held yesterday at the Jeju Migrants Center. During the discussion, Abraham Lee, the executive director of The Refugee pNan, a refugee related NGO, said he [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — The Ministry of Justice revealed yesterday that six additional immigration officers were posted to the Immigration and Naturalization Service on Jeju Island in charge of refugee procedures in order to speed up processing for Yemeni nationals who have applied for refugee status. With the new staff, the total number [...]
JEJU, Jun, 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Yemeni refugees who are currently staying on Jeju Island have helped local residents find their wallets on a few occasions. According to the Jeju Dongbu Police Station’s Ora Patrol Division, Yemeni refugees have visited the police branch to turn in lost items that they had recovered on four different [...]