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After a university forced Uzbek students out of the country with time still left on their visas, more foreign students are speaking out about the policies that alienate them and ultimately have them choosing to return to their home countries rather than stay in Korea
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
An apology from the school’s president was posted on the school’s official site four days after the Hankyoreh’s initial report on the incident
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