Asylum applications from Russians increased five-fold last year, making them the largest group of asylum seekers in South Korea.
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A record 5,750 Russians applied for asylum in South Korea in 2023, five times more than the applications in 2022. The reasons cited were persecution on religious and political grounds. South Korea has strict immigration laws, recognizing only 4,052 refugees out of more than 103,000 applications.
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