Commission's Major Activities National Human Rights Commission of Korea Annual Report 2016 as well as key missions for each task. F. ‌Recommendations to guarantee persons with disabilities the right of access to passenger ships The Commission conducted an ex officio investigation into vessels and discriminations experienced by persons with disabilities aboard those vessels. As of 1 June 2015, a total of 162 passenger ships under 58 companies were in operation in Korea. Only 11 of these ships (or 6.8%) were equipped with wheelchair lifts, and 13 (or 8.0%) with restrooms equipped for the disabled. The results showed that approximately 93% of all passenger ships lacked facilities for people with disabilities. It was also revealed that most passenger ships constructed after the mandatory requirement of the Mobility Enhancement for the Mobility Impaired Act to install elevators and restrooms for persons with disabilities had still not complied with the necessary regulations. However, from the time the above Act went into force until the end of June of 2015, the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries had failed to exercise proper oversight of passenger ship operators that had not installed the mandated facilities, and there was not a single case of administrative disposition such as corrective orders or compliance charges in accordance with the Act. Thus, on 22 August, the Commission recommended that the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries and the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport guarantee the right of access to passenger ships so that people in wheelchairs could safely and conveniently travel aboard the vessels. It also expressed to the Ministry of Public Safety and Security the importance of adding amendments to the relevant statutes, such as establishing criteria for installation of convenience facilities in excursion ships and ferries. G. ‌Recommendations to improve the application for refugee status and environment in departure waiting rooms at ports of entry and departure The departure waiting rooms (the so-called repatriation waiting rooms) are areas where foreigners were refused entry into Korea wait for some period of time before being repatriated 28