2. The costs of lawsuit shall be borne by the Plaintiff.

A. On November 8, 2016, the Plaintiff, a person of Indian nationality, who entered the Republic of Korea and stayed in the short-term visit (C-3) on a short-term basis, and applied for refugee status to the Defendant on May 4, 2017.

B. On May 19, 2017, the Defendant rendered a decision on the recognition of refugee status (hereinafter “instant disposition”) to the Plaintiff on the ground that the Plaintiff’s assertion does not constitute a case of “a well-founded fear that would be subject to persecution” as a requirement of refugee under Article 1 of the Convention on the Status of Refugees and Article 1 of the Protocol on the Status of Refugees.

C. The Plaintiff dissatisfied with the instant disposition and filed an objection with the Minister of Justice on July 4, 2017, but the objection was dismissed on September 3, 2018, and the Plaintiff received a notice of dismissal decision on September 7, 2018.

[Reasons for Recognition] Gap evidence Nos. 1, 2, Eul evidence Nos. 1 and 2, and the purport of the whole pleadings

2. Whether the instant disposition is lawful

A. The Plaintiff’s assertion at India completed the election countermeasure conference on August 24, 2016 as B party support, and was assaulted by C party members, who were in possession of right, during his/her returning home on August 24, 2016, and was also threatened by C Party members to murder if they were not to join the C Party.

Therefore, the defendant's disposition of this case, which was made on a different premise, is unlawful even though the plaintiff constitutes a refugee suffering from persecution on the ground of political opinion.

B. Article 2 Subparag. 1 of the Refugee Act provides that: (a) a refugee refers to a foreigner who is unable or does not want to be protected by the country of nationality due to a well-founded fear to recognize that he/she may be injured on the grounds of race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group, or political opinion; or a nationalless foreigner who, due to such fear, is unable or does not want to return to the country in which he/she had resided before entering the Republic of Korea.

At this time, he is the foreigner.