protests against Yemeni refugees, forums held by lawmakers urging the government to abolish the Refugee Act, and sensationalistic headlines and media reports1. 7. According to the 2016 Monitoring Survey on Racial Discrimination in Gyeonggi Province2, racial hatred or discrimination such as disrespect, abasement, insult, hatred, bullying, and sexual harassment was prevalent in a variety of occasions such as schools, commercial spaces, hospitals, public transportation, and private spaces. 8. Against this backdrop, the Korean government needs to provide legal and institutional framework to prevent racial hatred or discrimination in Korean society, and should include a definition of racial discrimination in keeping with that contained in the Convention, that is, a comprehensive notion that encompasses reason, action, and jurisdiction. Ⅲ. Government Policy on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (Article 2) Issue 2. Rejection of the Usage of the Term "Illegal Stay" Stipulated in the Framework Act on Treatment of Foreigners Residing in Korea 9. As of December 2017, the number of foreigners who must have completed their alien registration as their stay has exceeded the 90 day period was 1.58 million, of which 273,000 came for non-professional employment and 225,000 came as guest workers, reaching a total of 498,000. 10. Article 10 of the Immigration Act, revised on March 20, 2018, classifies foreigners according to their qualifications for status of sojourn and permanent residence and added article 10-2 (status of sojourn) to classify qualifications for short-term stay and long-term stay. Under article 10-2, qualifications for 1 The numerous media outlets reported sensationalistic headlines that mentions the possibility of “refugee crime” in connection to a woman who went missing in Jeju Island in July 2018. Police reports also put emphasis on refugee crime even in the report that said the woman may have gone missing as she might have possibly missed her footing and fell to death. 2 The 2016 monitoring survey was conducted on Gyeonggi Province residents by the Gyeonggi Province Human Rights Support Center for Foreigners. The survey focused on four major categories of appearance, nationality, alienage, and religion. A total of 185 cases were collected then analyzed. 3