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South Korea Went Crazy over a Handful of Refugees (2018)

14 points by classicsnoot 8y ago

turtlecloud 8y ago
Who in their right mind decided that it would be a good idea to put Yemenis into South Korea. Part of me wonders who is pushing the globalist agenda. Koreans are some of the most genetically homogeneous countries. Even the Chinese and Japanese have trouble blending in. The Yemenis will not eat spicy pork and I can’t imagine hijabs being in k-pop music videos. Also having darker skin won’t help. At this pace, Jeju island will become an Islamic center and give or take 25 yrs Seoul will have to deal with Islamic extremists similar to Europe.
- cx102 8y ago
  > Part of me wonders who is pushing the globalist agenda. Makes sense for the ultra rich, who can indirectly or directly influence media narratives. They need workers for jobs that no one wants to do and keep the labor pool large enough to deflate salaries. Meanwhile they're buying New Zealand property just in case "the event" happens. The only uncertainty is whether "the event" is a war or a communist revolution.
deogeo 8y ago
Long way from Yemen to South Korea - how many safe countries can a refugee pass before becoming a migrant? As for > many feminists reinforce myths that Muslim refugees are potential rapists, drawing from a mixture of real and fake news from Europe. I am shocked - shocked - that despite the many polls and statistics in the article, none of them address this myth. So lets give it a shot, with the famous Sweden: 58% of those convicted of rape are foreign-born [1] (which make-up 17% of the Swedish population [2]). One could argue they are over-prosecuted, but there is evidence of the exact opposite [3]. Of course Sweden decided it's wrong to keep statistics based on ethnicity [4], so we must remember that Finns and Poles are also among those foreign-born. If someone can find more granular statistics, perhaps we can dispel this myth entirely. Of course it's not fair to blame all immigrants for the actions of a few - it's racist, xenophobic, prejudiced. But will you dismiss positive stories with the same arguments? Next time someone brings up that 44 of the US Fortune 100 companies were founded by immigrants, or there's a story of a refugee child winning a chess championship, will you refute those as irrelevant, racist, xenophilic, prejudiced? [1] https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-45269764 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-45269764 [2] https://nordic.businessinsider.com/swedens-foreign-born-population-is-nearly-17-million-people---finns-are-the-biggest-group-2017-3 https://nordic.businessinsider.com/swedens-foreign-born-popu... [3] https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/jan/13/sex-assaults-sweden-stockholm-music-festival https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/jan/13/sex-as... [4] https://www.thelocal.se/20180508/why-sweden-doesnt-keep-stats-on-ethnic-background-and-crime https://www.thelocal.se/20180508/why-sweden-doesnt-keep-stat...
LeanderK 8y ago
I will never understand the blatant hatred towards refugees. I was and am still surprised by the number of people who just indiscriminately hate refugees in Germany (although they are often a small minority). These are just 561 poor human beings from Yemen. They probably don't want to be in South Korea either. They come from a poor, war torn country. If nobody would mention it, nobody would even notice them. I really can't imagine where this hatred is coming from, maybe somebody from south korea can chip in. Why do they even care? My bet is that it's like germany, where i think the real issue is not the refugees but more fundamental problems expressing itself through the hate for refugees. But I've also heard some personal stories of people experiencing racism in south korea or in south korean companies. So I don't know. There are quite a few refugees where I live (Karlsruhe in Germany), every day I pass one establishment for young refugees without parents and a general refugee institution. Sometimes in the night at 3am. Never had a problem. It also seems like especially the young refugees without parents are integrating quite well.
- howiroll 8y ago
  Why should they? South Korea never invaded other countries in the age of imperialism. They never did grusome things the West did to Africa, which is partly the reasob why those wars came up in the first place. They already have 30m (more than half of their current population(50m)) potential refugees from North Korea. Those people alone could make South Korea bankrupt in a second. They collect heavy taxes to prepare for them. Everybody is poor. They can’t embrace every one of them.

14 points by classicsnoot 8y ago

Who in their right mind decided that it would be a good idea to put Yemenis into South Korea. Part of me wonders who is pushing the globalist agenda. Koreans are some of the most genetically homogeneous countries. Even the Chinese and Japanese have trouble blending in. The Yemenis will not eat spicy pork and I can’t imagine hijabs being in k-pop music videos. Also having darker skin won’t help. At this pace, Jeju island will become an Islamic center and give or take 25 yrs Seoul will have to deal with Islamic extremists similar to Europe.

cx102 8y ago
> Part of me wonders who is pushing the globalist agenda. Makes sense for the ultra rich, who can indirectly or directly influence media narratives. They need workers for jobs that no one wants to do and keep the labor pool large enough to deflate salaries. Meanwhile they're buying New Zealand property just in case "the event" happens. The only uncertainty is whether "the event" is a war or a communist revolution.

deogeo 8y ago

Long way from Yemen to South Korea - how many safe countries can a refugee pass before becoming a migrant? As for > many feminists reinforce myths that Muslim refugees are potential rapists, drawing from a mixture of real and fake news from Europe. I am shocked - shocked - that despite the many polls and statistics in the article, none of them address this myth. So lets give it a shot, with the famous Sweden: 58% of those convicted of rape are foreign-born [1] (which make-up 17% of the Swedish population [2]). One could argue they are over-prosecuted, but there is evidence of the exact opposite [3]. Of course Sweden decided it's wrong to keep statistics based on ethnicity [4], so we must remember that Finns and Poles are also among those foreign-born. If someone can find more granular statistics, perhaps we can dispel this myth entirely. Of course it's not fair to blame all immigrants for the actions of a few - it's racist, xenophobic, prejudiced. But will you dismiss positive stories with the same arguments? Next time someone brings up that 44 of the US Fortune 100 companies were founded by immigrants, or there's a story of a refugee child winning a chess championship, will you refute those as irrelevant, racist, xenophilic, prejudiced? [1] https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-45269764 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-45269764 [2] https://nordic.businessinsider.com/swedens-foreign-born-population-is-nearly-17-million-people---finns-are-the-biggest-group-2017-3 https://nordic.businessinsider.com/swedens-foreign-born-popu... [3] https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/jan/13/sex-assaults-sweden-stockholm-music-festival https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/jan/13/sex-as... [4] https://www.thelocal.se/20180508/why-sweden-doesnt-keep-stats-on-ethnic-background-and-crime https://www.thelocal.se/20180508/why-sweden-doesnt-keep-stat...

LeanderK 8y ago

I will never understand the blatant hatred towards refugees. I was and am still surprised by the number of people who just indiscriminately hate refugees in Germany (although they are often a small minority). These are just 561 poor human beings from Yemen. They probably don't want to be in South Korea either. They come from a poor, war torn country. If nobody would mention it, nobody would even notice them. I really can't imagine where this hatred is coming from, maybe somebody from south korea can chip in. Why do they even care? My bet is that it's like germany, where i think the real issue is not the refugees but more fundamental problems expressing itself through the hate for refugees. But I've also heard some personal stories of people experiencing racism in south korea or in south korean companies. So I don't know. There are quite a few refugees where I live (Karlsruhe in Germany), every day I pass one establishment for young refugees without parents and a general refugee institution. Sometimes in the night at 3am. Never had a problem. It also seems like especially the young refugees without parents are integrating quite well.

howiroll 8y ago
Why should they? South Korea never invaded other countries in the age of imperialism. They never did grusome things the West did to Africa, which is partly the reasob why those wars came up in the first place. They already have 30m (more than half of their current population(50m)) potential refugees from North Korea. Those people alone could make South Korea bankrupt in a second. They collect heavy taxes to prepare for them. Everybody is poor. They can’t embrace every one of them.