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Migrant rights groups are condemning President Lee Jae Myung's recent remarks as discriminatory and demanding an apology, according to a Hankyoreh photo report. The Korea Times reports that people from multicultural families and migrant rights advocates are pushing back against Lee's suggestion that certain support policies could amount to "reverse discrimination," warning that his comments risk legitimizing anti-migrant sentiment. Lee had said Tuesday that migrant workers "don't contribute much to the national economy" because they send their earnings home, drawing criticism that his remarks fall short of embracing Korea's growing diversity. Experts quoted by Hankyoreh say Lee's posting spree is legitimizing anti-migrant sentiment in Korea, while the Blue House has told migrant groups that his remarks weren't hate speech.