Government to Receive Over 380 Afghan Collaborators at Incheon Airport Tomorrow

Vice Minister Choi Jong-moon Concludes Domestic Transfer Announcement Related to Afghan Collaborators [Photo by Yonhap News]

[Asia Economy Reporter Yoo In-ho] The government announced on the 25th that more than 380 Afghans who cooperated with the Korean government will arrive in Korea through Incheon International Airport on the 26th. Upon arrival in Korea, they are scheduled to stay at the National Human Resources Development Institute for Public Officials in Jincheon, Chungbuk.

Choi Jong-moon, Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs, said in an online briefing on the morning of the same day regarding the transfer of Afghan collaborators, “Our government has been working to transfer more than 380 local staff who have supported our government’s activities in Afghanistan, along with their spouses, minor children, and parents, to Korea,” adding, “They are currently entering Kabul Airport in Afghanistan and are expected to arrive at Incheon International Airport tomorrow using our military transport aircraft.”

Vice Minister Choi emphasized, “They are not refugees but special contributors entering the country.”

This is the first time in history that the government has decided to accept a large number of foreigners from a conflict zone on humanitarian grounds and transfer them to Korea.

To bring local staff and their families who supported the Korean government’s activities in Afghanistan to Korea, the government dispatched three military transport aircraft to Afghanistan and neighboring countries on the 23rd to carry out the operation.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated that the Afghan collaborators have worked for years at the Korean Embassy in Afghanistan, the Korean Hospital, and vocational training centers.

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