Park Won-soon, the mayor of Park Won-soon, wrote on his Facebook page on the 28th, "We must move to a mature society where refugees are accepted as members of our community." Park said, "We can fully understand the feelings of fear and concern of some people over the Jeju Island Yemen refugees." However, he said, "We should play a role as a member of the international community as we have grown into the World's top 10 economies."
Park's Facebook has been commenting on the pros and cons, saying, "Korea should also participate in the World Human Rights issue" and "look at its people first."
Park's interest in international human rights is not the first. He has been involved in various activities since he was a human rights lawyer. In 1991, when he studied in London, he also volunteered at Amnesty International. During the 50th anniversary of Amnesty's founding in 2009, when he was a director of the Hope Works, he delivered a message of congratulations with Lee Hee-ho, wife of President Kim Dae-jung. At this time, Park said, "In Korea, more people support Amnesty's international human rights activities and hope that our society will become a more democratic and human dignity society."
After the inauguration of Seoul Mayor, he promised to cooperate more closely with the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) Korea Representative Department while strengthening the attracting of international organizations to Seoul. He also expressed enthusiasm for attracting international human rights organizations and asked for the establishment of United Nations' human rights organizations for the elderly and the disabled at Seoul during his tenure as United Nations Secretary General.
Prior to this, Jung Woo-sung argued that the Jeju Island Yemen refugee controversy was "how can you tell our child how to love the World and how you deserve the love of the World" while treating others, other people and other religions exclusively.