1. The plaintiff's claim is dismissed.

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

1. Details of the disposition;

A. On August 14, 2013, the Plaintiff, as a foreigner of Egypt nationality, entered the Republic of Korea with the visa of the Tourism Department (B-2) and applied for refugee status to the Defendant on July 30, 2014.

B. On August 5, 2015, the Defendant rendered a disposition of non-recognition of refugee status (hereinafter “instant disposition”) on the ground that the Plaintiff cannot be deemed as having a well-founded fear that he would suffer from persecution” as stipulated in Article 1 of the Convention on the Status of Refugees (hereinafter “Refugee”) and Article 1 of the Protocol Relating to the Status of Refugees (hereinafter “Refugee Protocol”).

C. As to this, the Plaintiff filed an objection with the Minister of Justice on August 7, 2015, but the said objection was dismissed on December 14, 2015.

[Ground of recognition] Evidence Nos. 1 through 4, Evidence Nos. 1 and 2, and the purport of the whole pleadings

2. Whether the instant disposition is lawful

A. As of the Plaintiff’s assertion, Egypt has a very confusion with political disputes, and Egypt Government has no ability to effectively protect its citizens from political disputes.

As such, the disposition of this case which did not recognize the plaintiff as a refugee is unlawful despite the possibility of persecution for political reasons, when the plaintiff is unable to obtain the protection of the country of nationality or does not want the protection of the country of nationality.

B. (1) In full view of the provisions of Article 2 subparag. 1 and Article 18 of the Refugee Act, Article 1 of the Refugee Convention, and Article 1 of the Refugee Protocol, foreigners in the Republic of Korea who are unable to be protected by the country of nationality or do not want the protection of the country of nationality due to well-founded fear of persecution for reasons of race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group, or political opinion, should be recognized as refugee, and “persecution” which is the requirement for recognition of refugee status includes threats to life, body or freedom.