Jung Woo-sung presented the title of "What the Yeman refugee applicant brought to the South Korea" for 15 minutes at the youth policy talk concert "Refugee by Us" held at the National Assembly Library Auditorium in Yeongdeungpo-gu, Seoul on the afternoon of the 28th. They also answered questions and answers from the audience.
On this day, Jung Woo-sung said, "If you meet a refugee directly and witness human stupidity, cruelty, and miserable life, you will never question why you should protect them." It is your duty to tell more about refugees to one people.
Jung Woo-sung announced his experience of meeting Yemeni refugee applicants directly in Jeju Island last year. "All Yemeni refugee applicants who met in Jeju Island last year were afraid of Korea. They were people who left Yemen for desperate reasons such as conscription, life threats, persecution, hunger, torture, and they were frustrated and saddened that advanced countries such as the South Korea misunderstand their situation. "
"The unverified information about refugees and Muslims spread as if it were true, and it was an important phenomenon for our society to think about once that this led to hatred and exclusion," he said. If all the members were healthy societies that fulfilled their roles, 500 refugee applicants would not have caused such a wave in our society.
Jung Woo-sung said that refugees can become refugees if civil war occurs and threatened by persecution, not "powerless and poor". He also explained, "It is not much different from the 7-80s of the South Korea to escape to the South Korea as a representative of the son to protect the eldest son in this civil war or to protect his family through the eldest son."
"Refugees are not seeking a better environment of life, a better job. "For them, the refuge is not a choice but a journey that can not be avoided." The name and richness of the country they will stay in were not important to the majority of the refugees I have met. The most important thing for them is not to be repatriated to a home country where there is a risk of being killed or persecuted. "
Jung Woo-sung said, "The refugees are equal to all those who need international protection, and the international community legally guarantees this status." When guaranteeing equal rights to all humans, our human rights are also eligible to claim. The South Korea has made an international promise to protect refugees, and it guarantees the rights of refugees through domestic law. "
During the question and answer, the question was: 'Is there any way more people can feel the refugee news directly and closely?' Jung Woo-sung said, "Do not take the word refugee as an object, but ask me how to accept us in a third country when this happens to my family in my country. I think I can easily find the answer."
Asked why we should help refugees for national status, he said, "Korea is a country where there are a lot of refugees in history. If you think about the pain of our roots, I do not think it is an element that can be said so easily. "
Jung has been an official Na-eunwill ambassador since the following year after being appointed honorary ambassador to the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) since 2014.