Comments on: Busted! http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/10/04/busted/ Korea... in Blog Format Tue, 2 Dec 2008 00:34:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: SomeguyinKorea http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/10/04/busted/#comment-50947 SomeguyinKorea Fri, 06 Oct 2006 04:46:44 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/10/04/busted/#comment-50947 rapoki, yes...mainly the evil taxes. rapoki, yes…mainly the evil taxes.

]]> By: rapoki http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/10/04/busted/#comment-50921 rapoki Thu, 05 Oct 2006 16:44:42 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/10/04/busted/#comment-50921 A Canadian should try claiming refugee status in Korea. There are a gazillion reasons I could think of...... A Canadian should try claiming refugee status in Korea.

There are a gazillion reasons I could think of……

]]> By: montclaire http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/10/04/busted/#comment-50869 montclaire Thu, 05 Oct 2006 03:30:22 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/10/04/busted/#comment-50869 Hmm...I still don't buy it, not least because abusive stalkers are everywhere. My guess is this story is bandied about on internet sites and message boards etc as the average middle-class S.Koreans' best or perhaps only chance at Canadian asylum. If an abusive ex-boyfriend were grounds for seeking asylum elsewhere, there would be no end to the claims. Hmm…I still don’t buy it, not least because abusive stalkers are everywhere. My guess is this story is bandied about on internet sites and message boards etc as the average middle-class S.Koreans’ best or perhaps only chance at Canadian asylum. If an abusive ex-boyfriend were grounds for seeking asylum elsewhere, there would be no end to the claims.

]]> By: random guy http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/10/04/busted/#comment-50867 random guy Thu, 05 Oct 2006 03:06:27 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/10/04/busted/#comment-50867 Honestly, I know Korean girls who personally abhor Korean males simply because of the physical violence aspect in a relationship... or forcing sex on their girlfriends because they were 'overwhelmed by their love for them'. A lot of girlfriends who break up with these 'boyfriends' are sometimes hounded by them for years... even bringing in their mothers to harangue their ex-girlfriends. So you can imagine, the general size of Korea not withstanding, sometimes it's just easier to pick up and leave the country and everything behind to get away from an ex. Ex-boyfriends are bad, ex-husbands can be worse. Honestly, I know Korean girls who personally abhor Korean males simply because of the physical violence aspect in a relationship… or forcing sex on their girlfriends because they were ‘overwhelmed by their love for them’. A lot of girlfriends who break up with these ‘boyfriends’ are sometimes hounded by them for years… even bringing in their mothers to harangue their ex-girlfriends. So you can imagine, the general size of Korea not withstanding, sometimes it’s just easier to pick up and leave the country and everything behind to get away from an ex. Ex-boyfriends are bad, ex-husbands can be worse.

]]> By: montclaire http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/10/04/busted/#comment-50865 montclaire Thu, 05 Oct 2006 02:04:44 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/10/04/busted/#comment-50865 What domestic violence can a 23 year old single Korean woman claim that she can't get away from except by fleeing the country? What domestic violence can a 23 year old single Korean woman claim that she can’t get away from except by fleeing the country?

]]> By: MrMao http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/10/04/busted/#comment-50864 MrMao Thu, 05 Oct 2006 01:03:09 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/10/04/busted/#comment-50864 Acceptance rates for South Korean refugee claimants are low — about 11 per cent compared with an overall 40 per cent of the 20,000 annual claims. Kim, 25, came to Canada in 2004, claiming she'd been a victim of domestic violence, the grounds most commonly used by South Koreans, said Soh Young Jeong, a reporter with the Korea Times, a Toronto-based community paper. Wow. Will they let me back in as a refugee? Can I go on Welfare? Acceptance rates for South Korean refugee claimants are low — about 11 per cent compared with an overall 40 per cent of the 20,000 annual claims.

Kim, 25, came to Canada in 2004, claiming she’d been a victim of domestic violence, the grounds most commonly used by South Koreans, said Soh Young Jeong, a reporter with the Korea Times, a Toronto-based community paper.

Wow. Will they let me back in as a refugee? Can I go on Welfare?

]]> By: Zonath http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/10/04/busted/#comment-50854 Zonath Wed, 04 Oct 2006 17:15:59 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/10/04/busted/#comment-50854 <blockquote>BTW, would someone explain to me why Canada is accepting refugee claims from South Koreans (assuming for a moment that they aren’t North Koreans, who are legally citizens of the Republic of Korea)?</blockquote> Because Canada recognizes domestic violence as grounds for granting asylum and could have some generally lax standards for other considerations (such as the need for the government of the home country to be unable or unwilling to help, if not directly committing the persecution)? It does seem a bit strange, but absent a reading of any specific cases, I don't think it's necessarily <i>unreasonable</i>. Of course, maybe the judges in the other cases that got through the system got their own form of <i>quid pro quo</i>, so to speak...

BTW, would someone explain to me why Canada is accepting refugee claims from South Koreans (assuming for a moment that they aren’t North Koreans, who are legally citizens of the Republic of Korea)?

Because Canada recognizes domestic violence as grounds for granting asylum and could have some generally lax standards for other considerations (such as the need for the government of the home country to be unable or unwilling to help, if not directly committing the persecution)? It does seem a bit strange, but absent a reading of any specific cases, I don’t think it’s necessarily unreasonable. Of course, maybe the judges in the other cases that got through the system got their own form of quid pro quo, so to speak…

]]> By: SomeguyinKorea http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/10/04/busted/#comment-50846 SomeguyinKorea Wed, 04 Oct 2006 14:53:30 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/10/04/busted/#comment-50846 Yes, it's unfortunate. But, there will always be abuses, no matter what the government does. What counts is that those who are in real need of refuge get it. Yes, it’s unfortunate. But, there will always be abuses, no matter what the government does. What counts is that those who are in real need of refuge get it.

]]> By: cm http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/10/04/busted/#comment-50843 cm Wed, 04 Oct 2006 14:37:58 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/10/04/busted/#comment-50843 slim, of course it's an abuse of the system. Think about this, there are refugee claimants in Canada, who are from such human rights violating countries like Italy, Portugal, Netherlands, and Ireland. slim, of course it’s an abuse of the system.

Think about this, there are refugee claimants in Canada, who are from such human rights violating countries like Italy, Portugal, Netherlands, and Ireland.

]]> By: slim http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/10/04/busted/#comment-50842 slim Wed, 04 Oct 2006 14:29:26 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/10/04/busted/#comment-50842 Domestic violence as a grounds for asylum? Sounds like an abuse of the system to me. Domestic violence as a grounds for asylum? Sounds like an abuse of the system to me.

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