On Nov. 24, about 30 Uzbek students enrolled at a Korean language course at Hanshin University in Gyeonggi Province received a notice from school officials that their dormitory will undergo disinfection three days later. The students were told to keep their valuables with them on the designated sanitization day.
About 13,000 illegal immigrants left Korea through a crackdown and the voluntary departure program over the past two months, the Ministry of Justice said Wednesday.
Due to Russia s invasion of Ukraine, Korea saw a significant increase in the number of Russian asylum seekers in the first quarter surpassing the total number for last year, a government report found Sunday.
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The Ministry of Justice in Korea said, Wednesday, it decided to appeal a recent ruling by a local court in favor of Russian men seeking refugee status after fleeing the military draft in their home country that has been engaged in a war against Ukraine. Three Russians had sought asylum in Korea, but the ministry rejected their requests, prompting them to file complaints against the Incheon Immigration Office. On Feb. 14, the Incheon District Court ordered the immigration authority to review refugee applications submitted by two of the Russians, while dismissing a complaint filed by another man who was in a similar situation.