A Left-Wing Regime, But a Tough Immigration Policy in South Korea

Weekly Standard ^ | Aug 2018 | Ethan Epstein

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South Korean president Moon Jae In has raised government spending...and implemented a traditional left wing economic program.

Yet Moon marries left-wing economics with the social conservatism that is still de rigueur in South Korea. During the country’s presidential campaign last year, he came out against gay soldiers and even went to so far as to state that he “ opposes” homosexuality in general. And unlike other left-wing leaders across the globe, Moon evinces hostility to immigration.

For the past two months, the picturesque, subtropical South Korean island of Jeju has been home to a bizarre migration crisis. Jeju is a tourist magnet, and as such, has quasi-sovereignty over immigration laws. With just a limited number of exceptions—Afghanistan, Syria, etc.—citizens from any country can visit the island for up to 30 days without a visa. They simply need to land at the airport.

A group of enterprising Yemeni refugees noticed this, and about 500 of them arrived on the island earlier this year and claimed asylum. They had previously been in Malaysia...

More than 700,000 Koreans signed a petition demanding that its government tighten up its refugee policies.

Last week, the Moon administration finally responded to the petition. And it announced that the country was going to become more stringent with refugee applications.

He added, “We will also consider not referring fake asylum seekers who are clearly seeking to take advantage of the refugee protection system to the review process. We also plan to stipulate penalties for refugee brokers engaging in illegal activities.”

Furthermore, “We will bolster the screening process by making it mandatory for asylum applicants to submit their social media accounts and other measures. We will conduct stringent screenings for drug use, infectious diseases, and records of violent crimes,” the minister declared.

[CondoleezzaProtege]

Also worth noting that there is a lot of South Korean Christian missionary activity in the Muslim world. And several Koreans have lost their lives in places like Afghanistan preaching to Muslims.

There's a difference though between GOING to those countries to help, and inviting migrants to come en-masse to your own. I wish our own country would make the distinction!

[Mears]

“A group of enterprising Yemeni refugees noticed this, and about 500 of them arrived on the island earlier this year and claimed asylum.”

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Of course they did..

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[rightwingcrazy]

So they’re both “left wing” and “far right wing” by MSM definitions. How confusing.

[Zhang Fei]

[There’s a difference though between GOING to those countries to help, and inviting migrants to come en-masse to your own. I wish our own country would make the distinction!]

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Requiring the renunciation of Islam as a condition of admission, along with surprise inspections to ensure non-observance of Islamic ritual, would reduce the problem somewhat. But the question then becomes - why import refugees that require new and hefty administrative costs? Just keep them out. There’s also the issue of UN and OIC condemnation.

[Joe 6-pack]

The muzzies will love the sculptures in Loveland.