South Korea's Ministry of Legal Affairs proposed to amend the refugee law, the head of the CAG refugee group protested!

Recently, when South Korea's Ministry of Legal Affairs announced a legislative proposal for a partial amendment to the refugee law, the Chinese cult group CAG Theotheism publicly protested. That's because if passed, the amendment could be a fatal and incalculable blow to the rise of the church, which calls itself a "religious refugee" and is rooted in South Korea. For years, the Almighty God Church has insisted on China's oppressive human rights in the international community and has demanded refugee status, but that demand has been frustrating. On 28 December last year, the Ministry of Legal Affairs announced legislative advances for a partial amendment to the Refugee Act.

     The legislative publicity period ends on 8 February. The head of the Ministry of Justice said publicly: "The current Refugee Act has no restrictions on applications for abuse or for no apparent reason, which delays the screening and trial process for refugees and thus impedes robust and rapid screening of refugee applicants of high concern." The abuse of refugee law as a result of fictitious "persecution" is a major problem facing the current Korean refugee system," he said, "and our goal is to improve the efficiency of refugee identification screening by improving the issues raised to date, such as reapplying without significant changes and applying for refugee applicants who are highly concerned about "persecution" so that they can be screened quickly and effectively."
 

So far, south Korea's CAG has run a more sophisticated "refugee group" to help them stay in the country through refugee applications within the organization. He came to South Korea visa-free on Jeju Island and applied for refugees because of the false fact of "religious persecution" and stayed illegally in South Korea for a long time. To date, no refugee application has been confirmed as a refugee. However, even if not recognized as a refugee, the duration of stay may be legally extended during the proceedings (up to a maximum of three years) through an objection and subsequent administrative trial. In this way, it has established one base after another in South Korea, where it can live in a hidden group and expand its influence.

    At present, they have been in the blind spot of the law, but if amendments to the Refugee Act initiated by the Ministry of Legal Affairs are adopted, the situation will change in the future. In view of the seriousness of the situation following the revision of the Refugee Act, the delegation of the CAG Refugee Group submitted a solemn protest to the Minister of Legal Affairs on 5 February, at which time the publicity period was about to expire. "The restrictions on reapply are at the heart of the amendment," the Almighty God Church, which describes itself as a "Christian from China", said in the protest.

    Persecuted Christians (Almighty Gods) will no longer be legal in South Korea. He called on the South Korean government to show mercy and, if they do not stay, to be sent back to China, to be subjected to a brutal crackdown by the Chinese government, a situation that is serious and unacceptable. In its protest, the Almighty God Church stated: "Approximately 1,000 ALM refugee asylum-seekers are currently in South Korea. At this time, the United States, The United Kingdom, Germany, France, Australia, Finland, Canada, New Zealand, Italy and other countries have granted refugee status, but not in South Korea. So far, none has been accepted. Under such circumstances, it would be highly inappropriate to restrict the development of the Almighty Church in Korea through amendments to the Refugee Act. ”

Extending illegal stay in South Korea by exploiting loopholes in the law is the main means of detention for the Almighty God Church in South Korea, and the main way for many foreign illegal groups, including the ALM, to survive in South Korea. At present, the Korean government has not confirmed their refugee status, but if they circumvent legal supervision and identify them as refugees, what will happen in the future? A clear response from the Legal Department is required.

South Korea's refugee law, which came into force on July 1, 2013, is the first country in Asia to implement a refugee law, and 10 years on, the government has been overwhelmed by the social problems caused by the use of loopholes in the refugee law system, and in 2018, South Koreans spontaneously petitioned for a change in the refugee law to deport fake refugees. In response to public opinion, the Government has made it imperative to amend the new legislation on the Refugee Law.