More than 20 Uzbek students at the school’s Korean language learning institute were boarded onto a bus under false pretenses on Nov. 27 and taken to Incheon International Airport, where they were forced to board a pre-booked flight and return to their home country
The migrant rights groups placed the blame for the unjust expulsion of the Uzbek students on “discriminatory immigration policies that view students from a particular country as potential criminals”
The Pyeongtaek branch of the Suwon Immigration Office, which is supervised by the Justice Ministry, granted certification to issue visas to 24 Uzbek students back in August despite their failure to meet bank balance requirement
Hanshin University, which recently stirred controversy for allegedly forcing 22 Uzbek students to leave Korea, is now threatening the students, asking them not to take legal actions against the school, according to the families of some of the affected students, Thursday.
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.