Park Beom-gye, Inspection of Quarantine Practices at Incheon Airport Immigration Office

[Asia Economy Reporter Baek Kyunghwan] Park Beom-gye, Minister of Justice, visited Incheon Airport ahead of the Lunar New Year holiday.

On the 10th, Minister Park visited the Incheon Airport Immigration Office to inspect the site and held a meeting with the staff. He also toured the special immigration screening area prepared for COVID-19 and the departure waiting room for foreigners denied entry.

On this day, Minister Park stated, "Last year, a bill to amend the Immigration Control Act to have the state establish and operate departure waiting rooms was proposed by a lawmaker and is currently under review. We will coordinate closely with related ministries such as the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport."

In particular, he personally visited the departure inspection counters and department, arrival inspection counters, re-examination department, special immigration screening counters, departure (repatriation) waiting rooms, and the comprehensive situation room to directly check the immigration screening procedures and quarantine operations. A Ministry of Justice official said, "Minister Park said from the preparation stage of the confirmation hearing that he wanted to hear voices from the field," adding, "This is part of field-centered administration, and he plans to visit frontline institutions including local prosecutors' offices frequently in the future."

Meanwhile, in the morning of the same day, Minister Park visited the Incheon District Prosecutors' Office and held a separate meeting with senior prosecutors, regular prosecutors, and staff. At this meeting, they exchanged opinions on the necessity of legal amendments, such as enabling the state or local governments to initiate birth registration ex officio in relation to the recent 'child murder case involving an unregistered birth' prosecuted by the Incheon District Prosecutors' Office.

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