제주예멘난민 이후 난민법 개정안의 입법동향에 관한 연구

Abstract

In 2018, Jeju Yemen refugees happened accidentally, but it was an opportunity to consider improving our refugee system and refugee law. However, as the refugee screening system has been strengthened since 2018, the inflow of refugees into Korea has decreased. Korea's refugee system actually functions as a system to control the influx of refugees rather than as a procedure for the influx of refugees. In 2018, 10 bills were submitted to the National Assembly during the Jeju Yemeni refugee period. Some bills included abolishing the refugee system, and several bills aimed at strengthening the decision to boycott refugees at immigration ports. This legislative trend shows that democratic discussions on the refugee system are rather affected by negative discourse. There was also a humanitarian bill against this, but the National Assembly failed to draw conclusions on improving the refugee system. In other words, discourse and public consensus were not created through the revision of the Refugee Act in the National Assembly. Later, a more reasonable system improvement plan for the refugee law revision was proposed through the revision of the Ministry of Justice, but such a bill did not lead to an actual revision. Jeju Yemen refugees have provided an opportunity to consider what role Korea will play in international refugee camps, but are being forgotten without reaching a mature institutional conclusion. More research is needed on Korea's role in the international community and the refugee system.