WORLD : South Korea Refuses Viet Refugees
South Korea refused today to allow 49 Vietnamese refugees aboard a British container ship to land at the southeast port of Pusan, Justice Ministry officials said.
“Our refugee facility is already overcrowded and we can’t afford to accommodate any new arrivals,” one official said. There are 235 Vietnamese refugees crowded into the Pusan camp, which has facilities for only 180, he added.
South Korea has given permanent residence to about 200 refugees since 1977 and sent 710 others to new homes in other countries, according to South Korea’s Red Cross.
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