Hello! My name is Soolynn an Sejong Global High School student from Korea.
I’m so glad to be able to work with Germany buddies.
My hometown is Gimhae, near Busan, Korea. Gimhae was the capital of Geumgwan Gaya, one of Korea's ancient kingdoms. It is also a convenient area for transportation because of the location of an international airport.
I have a strong interest in refugee issues, so I've looked into Germany's refugee issues and policies a lot. I know Germany as one of the European countries that actively accepts refugees. Therefore, I would like to understand Germany's refugee acceptance policy from a regional perspective and think about ways to apply it to Korea.
Hiiiii Soolynn I’m Renata I like your post do you save some interesting facts about German that you like to share?
ReplyDeleteHello Soolynn :) very interesting question you are asking! My name is Joelle, I'm a Geography PhD student at the University of Cologne in Germany, but currently living in Korea. If you have read a lot about German refugee politics, I probably cannot tell you much more.
ReplyDeleteBut I have two friends who are actively working with refugees - one friend is managing the refugee help center in his area, and one is teaching German classes.
From what I have heard from them, there are some very helpful things that Germany does for the people who have fled, and also there are many things to improve on. Good are for example the free language classes for Ukrainian refugees. As far as I know, everyone from the Ukraine who flees to Germany can stay here. It is more difficult for other countries tho. For example, processes are much slower and offers are less for refugees from Syria. It is unfair. And there is still debate in Europe how to distribute the people between the European countries, because they fear of taking "too many", while refugees are waiting in camps for their future - there's a lot of sad stories. But since I am not the one with the most direct experience, I will ask my friends whether they can answer your question in more depth :)
How are refugee policies in Korea? Do you know under which conditions Korea takes in refugees, and from which countries people mostly come here? And if people somehow make it over from North Korea, are they always welcomed here?
I'm very curious to know. Thank you in adance! And I will try to get back to you with more information. Is there anything specific you want to know?
Many greetings