 
March 4, 2008
South Korea to Deport HIV-Positive Man
A human rights group in South Korea has petitioned a court to overrule a recent government decision to deport an HIV-positive foreign worker, reports Agence France-Presse/Yahoo News (news.yahoo.com, 3/4).
In a letter to the Seoul administrative court, the National Human Rights Commission said that ordering the 34-year-old HIV-positive Chinese national to leave is a violation of human rights. The man, whose mother is Korean, applied for permanent residency in South Korea last year, but was ordered by the immigration office to leave after he tested positive.
“It is unfair to order a foreign resident to leave the country simply because of the HIV infection,” the commission said in a statement.
“The deportation would infringe on the plaintiff's rights to live as a foreigner in the country and not to be discriminated against by illness.”
The commission also said that South Korea, where the man’s mother and other relatives live, could provide a better environment for him to receive treatment.
The court ruling is expected on March 19.
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us dissident, Barcelona, 2008-03-05 09:33:32
The United states government has had along standing policy of denying anyone hiv positive to receive residence, they also reserve the right to refuse entry to ANY positive foreigner entering .
Jimmy, , 2008-03-05 04:24:23
What about the US, so called a advocate of human right, the US immigration mandates an eaxct same rule. Whay are the human right group in the US so quiet about this issue? Aren't we just so behind?
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