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HIV-infected foreigners not to be deported

http://www.koreaherald.co.kr/NEWKHSITE/data/html_dir/2008/12/02/200812020050.asp



A local court ruled it unlawful to deport an HIV-infected foreigner.

The Seoul High Court recently made a ruling in favor of a Chinese worker, who had filed a suit requesting the cancellation of his expulsion by the Seoul Immigration Service, said court officials Sunday. The judgment was in agreement with the original ruling by a lower court.

The Immigration Service will make an appeal to the Supreme Court, where a final judgment will be made on the issue, immigration officials said.

The Chinese worker came to Korea last March at the invitation of his Korean mother, and acquired legitimate permission to stay. He was preparing to obtain Korean nationality when he was diagnosed as HIV positive.

Informed of his infection, the Immigration Service ordered him out of the country. The man defied the order and filed a petition to the Seoul Administrative Court, which ruled in favor of the plaintiff.

By Bae Hyun-jung


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[sojourner1]

Korea is indeed opening itself up to the world. 5 years down the road, things like HIV, illegal drugs, and anything else money can buy will be much more common. Not that this is good, it just means that Korea will culturally catch up with the rest of the world. If you like the naivety, simplicity, and safe feeling this country offers today, enjoy it while you can.

[Smee]

Why shouldn't a country want to keep out HIV-positive foreigners?

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[Smee]

No, I don't mean they should deport everyone with HIV. I was replying to the idea that adapting to increased drug use, illegal immigration, and disease was somehow progress. The idea of progress isn't learning to put up with people's bullshit, it's learning how to stop making mistakes in the first place. Does deporting foreigners with HIV really help the issue, or just feed into the idea that AIDS is a foreign disease? The latter, probably. But let's not fall into the trap that diversity of diseases and social ills is somehow a sign of maturity.

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[soviet_man]

If the ruling sticks, is a good progressive precendent to set.

However make no mistake, if a school sees an applicant is HIV+ then there is no way they would hire them - regardlessly the discrimination will continue.

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[skeeterses]

The most effective way that Korea and the World can stop the spread of HIV would be to test people within their borders, with a guarantee to healthcare if a person is found to be positive. Forcing mandatory testing for the purpose of discrimination will only have the effect of scaring people from taking the test, and increase the risk of people unwittingly spreading this awful disease.

It is the duty of mankind to fight AIDS. To shirk away from that duty because rich countries would rather spend money on cars rather than help out the sick and the poor would run the risk of inviting the wrath of God. And I'm not kidding about that. HIV is a disease that can mutate and can find other ways to be transmitted besides needles and unprotected sex.

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