[Photo] Afghan refugees arrive at Jincheon center

An Afghan family boards a bus on Friday to the National Human Resources Development Institute in Jincheon, North Chungcheong Province, from a hotel in Gimpo, Gyeonggi Province, where they stayed temporarily for a day. (Lee Jeong-a/The Hankyoreh)

The Afghan nationals who arrived in South Korea on Thursday traveled to the National Human Resources Development Institute in Jincheon, North Chungcheong Province, where they are expected to receive six to eight weeks of training to help them settle in Korea.

An Afghan child looks out the bus window on Friday. (Lee Jeong-a/The Hankyoreh)

They spent their first night in Korea at a temporary quarantine facility in Gimpo, Gyeonggi Province, before being transported to Jincheon.

A police vehicle escorts buses transporting the Afghan nationals who recently arrived in South Korea on Friday as they enter the National Human Resources Development Institute in Jincheon, North Chungcheong Province. (Park Jong-shik/The Hankyoreh)

A total of 377 Afghan nationals were admitted to the Jincheon facility. Roughly 61% of them, or 231, are minors, and 118 of those minors are children below the age of six.

By Lee Jeong-a, staff photographer

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