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By Oh Young-jin
A deportation order should be put in abeyance and the period of stay be extended, if a foreigner in question has to give care to afflicted dependents, the National Human Rights Commission recommended Wednesday.
The case regards an ethnic Korean from China who was ordered to leave the country by the Justice Ministry.
The commission asked the ministry from the standpoint of human rights to allow the Chinese Korean to stay until alternative means are found to take care of a sick family member who has no one else to turn to.
The person, only identified as A, entered Korea on a passport made under somebody else's name in 2004 and was forced to leave the country while working as illegal alien.
A came back to Korea on the passport made under his own name in 2011 and asked for naturalization in 2017.
The request was rejected because of his record of the illegal stay. A was told to leave the country and wouldn't be allowed to return for the 10 years.
Then, A's mom suffered a stroke so A had 20 million won deposited at the immigration office along with his plane ticket to extend his stay on a temporary basis three times until this week.
A asked for another extension because his mom's condition got even worse. Also a brother was suffering from serious illnesses.
In response to the commission's inquiry, the immigration office said that already he was given a waver on his forced departure three times and his record of using an illegal passport made it imperative for A to follow the procedure.
The commission concluded, however, that this action would put in jeopardy the health of A's sick family members.
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