to Article 9 of the Convention. In 2022, the government prepared the 20th-22nd consolidated government reports on the implementation of the Convention during 2017-2021.208) The UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination is expected to make recommendations on whether to implement the Convention by integrating the government reports, and the opinions of the NHRCK, and civil groups. The human rights issues of migrants and refugees are mainly discrimination and hatred targeting migrant workers, marriage immigrants, migrant children and students studying abroad, overseas Koreans, refugees, and stateless people, as well as the state's duty to protect them. The 2021 NHRCK Human Rights Situation Report reviewed the limitations in the process of entry and support for Afghan refugees, the employment permit system and restrictions on migrant workers’ workplace changes, the unstable status of undocumented migrant children, and the issue of using protective equipment in foreigner shelters and long-term detention. Afghan refugees who entered Korea as “special contributors” are known to be experiencing difficulties in the settlement process.209) There is not much improvement with the issue of changing workplace in the Employment Permit System, and the issue of undocumented migrant children's sojourn qualifications has not been sufficiently resolved, even with the Ministry of Justice taking measures to make improvements in early 2022. On the other hand, the civil groups continued to raise issues with the misuse and abuse of protective equipment at Hwaseong Foreigner Detention Center until early 2022, and the victim was released from detention on Feb. 9, 2022. As a result, several new follow-up measures related to the operation of foreigner shelters were taken. In this 2022 Report, we will look at the current status, controversy and improvements to be made with the issues of refugees following the Russia-Ukraine war, the human rights situation of migrant workers in agriculture, and the current status of protection facilities under the Immigration Control Act. 208) On Feb. 7, 2022, the NHRCK, in response to the government's 20th, 21st, and 22nd reports (draft), presented opinions on expeditious enactment of the Comprehensive Anti-Discrimination Act and provision of racial discrimination definition provisions, and on the prevention and improvement of human rights violations caused by prolonged stay at protection facilities and excessive use of protective equipment. 209) Donga Ilbo, [Exclusive]20% of the Afghans who settled in Korea left their jobs... “Korea is still a country of hope,” Aug. 18, 2022. 88