Contagious Disease Prevention Act

Article 2(3) (Definitions) – the term “contagious disease of Type 3” means . . . require[s] a continuous surveillance and the adoption of prevention measures against their outbreaks because they may spread intermittently: (a) Malaria; (b) Tuberculosis; (c) Hansen’s Disease; (d) Venereal disease . . .(r) Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)

Benjamin K. Wagner

Immigration Control Act

Article 11(1)1 (Prohibition of Entry)

The Minister of Justice may prohibit the entry of . . . Persons carrying an epidemic disease, narcotic addicts or other persons deemed likely to cause danger and harm to the public health;

Benjamin K. Wagner

Immigration Control Act

Article 46(1)2 (Persons to be Deported)

A person found to fall under any subparagraph of Article 11 (1) after entry;[i.e. non-citizens “carrying epidemic diseases” such as HIV/AIDS]

The “Heo Case” example: 2008 deportation order for ethnic Korean non-citizen.

Benjamin K. Wagner

AIDS Prevention Act

Article 8(3) (Medical Examinations) those foreigners entering from overseas deemed “long-term sojourners” by executive order must submit a recent (less than one month old) HIV negative test result to the Minister of Health and Welfare before entering the Republic of Korea.

Benjamin K. Wagner

AIDS Prevention Act

Article 10(3) the HIV negative test results stated in Article 8(3) must be issued in English from a public testing institute or medical institute in the sending country of the visa applicant.

Benjamin K. Wagner

AIDS Prevention Act (Enforcement Ordinance)

Article 10(2) (Examination Subjects) The "long term sojourners" referred to in Article 8(3) of the Act who shall defined by executive order as follows: 1. Those who enter the country with the goal of sojourning for 91 days or more to engage in performance entertainment / show business, sports and entertainment-related businesses or activities in order to make a profit.

E-2 Visa Holders

“In Korea anyone can be an English teacher . . .”

“Idiots, Redneck, Black Pig”, etc.

“The world’s idiots come to Seoul . . . for free sex and alcohol . . .”

Pictures posted on the Internet in 2005

•Korean women stalked and harassed for relationships with foreign men

•Called “foreigners’ whores”

•Several require psychiatric treatment because of the harassment

“Suspicious” Foreign male teacherstracked and profiled.

“Suspicious” Foreign male teacherstracked and profiled.

The “Anti-English” Citizens Group’s awarded by Seoul PoliceDepartment.

To the Newspapers (2006)From the Internet (2005)

September 2006

“Tracking AIDS-Suspicious Foreign Language Teachers on the Blacklist”

“White English Teacher Threatens Korean Woman with AIDS”

May 2007

“Beware of the Ugly White Teacher”

May 2007

Investigative News Program: “Situation Report on Korea’s Blonde Haired

Blue-Eyed Foreign Teachers”

February 2005

June 2007

“Illegal foreign teachers are violating our Korean women.”

April 2008

February 2009

“Inside the head of a foreign English teacher”

Sponsored by KoreanMinistry of Justice

E2 Visa Policy Meeting23 October 2007

Anti-English Citizen Groupas participant

“Notice of the system for the improvement of the foreign language teaching (E-2) visa”

Proposal to Amend Immigration Act to Require Medical Tests for All Foreigner Workers

Bill No. 3356

“nowadays a good many foreigners coming to Korea have previous convictions for drugs and sexual crimes or carry infectious diseases.”

From the Internet to Media to Government Policy(2005 – 2007)

Bill 3356 Amend Immigration ActMedical Tests for AnyForeign Worker(2008.12.30)

E-2 Policy Memo (2007.11)

E-2 Policy Meeting(2007.10.23)

February 2009 July 2009

“U.N. Secretary General Criticizes AIDS tests for

Foreigners”

“U.N. Sec. Gen. Ban Ki-Moon Recommends Korea Abandon

HIV Immigration Policy”