More than 5,700 Russians have applied for asylum in South Korea, fearing military conscription

In South Korea, it was revealed that more than 5,000 Russians had applied for refugee status with the South Korean government last year. This is a scale that corresponds to one-third of all applications accepted by the Korean government.
It is. On the 12th, according to the "Monthly Report on Immigration and Entry/Departure Foreigners Policy Statistics for December 2023" by the South Korean Ministry of Justice, a total of 10,883 refugee applications were received by the South Korean government in 2023.
There were 8 people. This is an increase of approximately 63% compared to 2022 (11,539 people). Of these, Russian nationals accounted for 5,750 (30.5%) refugee applications, the largest number.
It was. This is a five-fold increase compared to the number of refugee applications by Russian nationals in 2022 (1,038 people), and is a five-fold increase over the 26-year period from 1994, when related statistics began being collected, to 2019.
This is equivalent to the total number of Russian asylum seekers in Japan (5,814 people). The highest number of applicants, at 4,580, cited ``political opinions'' as the reason for applying for refugee status, including calls for military service.
There were also many. This was followed by religion (2,665 people), specific social membership (1,205 people), family ties (887 cases), and race (719 people).
This phenomenon is explained by the fact that ``Russian asylum seekers are dying due to concerns about the protracted war in Ukraine and the resulting additional mobilization orders.''
This is interpreted as saying, ``Isn't it reaching the end of the world?'' On the other hand, compared to the rapidly increasing number of refugee applications to the South Korean government, only 101 of the 5,950 refugee applications completed last year were recognized as refugees.
(1.7%). This is less than half of the refugee recognition rate from the year before last (3.6%).