Al-Arabiya ran an article on Tuesday in which Yemeni refugees staying on South Korea’s Jeju Island spoke about their “asylum struggles,” particularly their efforts to move from the island to the South Korean mainland. The tiny, iconoclastic resort island has been swamped with hundreds of Yemeni refugees fleeing the violent civil war in their own country. The Yemenis originally fled to Malaysia, but took advantage of cheap airfare and loose visa policies to move along to Jeju when their temporary asylum in Malaysia ended. The South Korean government tightened visa policies to prevent further refugees from pouring into Jeju, and also blocked refugees from leaving Jeju to enter the mainland.Al-Arabiya set out to interview the asylum-seekers about their travails, although the article only quotes one of them, a man named Bassam Mohamed, and none of his remarks are transcribed literally. In short, Mohamed praised the South Korean government for doing everything it could to accommodate the new arrivals and thanked the islanders for their charity, while also noting that some demonstrations have been held against the refugees. Mohamed believed the protesters are unduly nervous about the Yemeni refugees because of news coverage of terrorism in the Middle East. It should… Read full this story
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