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Republic of Korea Still Has HIV related Entry Restrictions! |
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 UN Secretary-General was wrong to applaud!
4th January 2010, UNAIDS applauded the removal of entry restrictions based on HIV status by Republic of Korea through a press statement. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon congratulated President Lee Myung-bak's leadership and called on 57 other countries with the entry restrictions to remove them at the earliest date.
Korean HIV/AIDS activists are concerned that entry restrictions based on HIV status still remain in Korea. There is no reason that the Korean government's decision should be welcomed by UNAIDS and the UN Secretary-General. The legislations against entry of people living with HIV/AIDS are still present in Korea. The Korean government only revised some parts of administrative instructions.
The press statement of the Ministry of Justice in 6th January 2010 said that the changes in administrative instructions would not mean entire removing restrictions on entry based on HIV status. According to changes of administrative instructions, the Ministry of Justice will restrict re-entry of previously deported people who are defined as "inappropriate to re-entry" by the Ministry for Health, Welfare and Family Affairs. It means that the restriction on entry based on HIV status will remain with no significant revisions.
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