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GONE is a documentary film inspired by the Yemeni refugee issue on Jeju island, South Korea.

We explore the lives of several of the refugees who came to Jeju in 2018 seeking asylum from the on-going war in Yemen. Clearly they have found it difficult to integrate into the society but they are trying their best to fit in and find some peace after leaving their war-torn country.

We take a look into Korean history to see how a country that once sent over 1 million refugees abroad due to war, and that signed onto the Human Rights Convention act now deals with those seeking asylum and trying to secure some basic human rights.

After 2016, South Korea showed the world how democracy can succeed but within just 2 years it has also shown the pitfalls of developing without regard to social and human rights for all. Has the South Korean government failed in securing the human rights of these Yemeni asylum seekers or are we missing something?

The Yemeni refugees, now unable to return home for fear of death and persecution, spend their time in search of a new place to call home, but, what is their idea of home, a place of beauty or is it something as simple as having a place to rest their heads, and perhaps something that we all take for granted each and every day?

Now scattered around Korea we go in search of their stories to allow their voices to be heard and to raise more awareness about the war in Yemen and the plight of refugees all around the world.