JEJU, SOUTH KOREA ¨C On the South Korean island of Jeju, a tourist hot spot famed for blue waters and sandy beaches, Lee Hyang is angry.
The target of her wrath? More than 500 asylum-seekers from war-torn Yemen looking for a safe place to live and work.
Lee, who leads a local group demanding the Yemenis be deported, believes outsiders compete for jobs and pose a threat to local safety. The refugees she saw at the immigration center looked ¡°really scary,¡± she said.
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