The Japanese government’s apology for the forced mobilization of “comfort women” by the Japanese military and the issue of compensation for damages have not yet been resolved. Each time a related article appears, it contains the content that ‘there are some survivors of the comfort women victims.’ This shows that many grandmothers who need to reveal the …
Concerns about migrant hatred Park Jeong-hyeong, Korea Migrant Human Rights Center Recently, media reports on ‘crimes against migrants’ have been increasing. In addition to reporting, the government is also announcing countermeasures against migrant crimes. It seems to have started with two murders in Suwon at the end of last year. The perpetrator was a migrant from China and …
Shadow labor’ outside the law Registered: 2014.11.13 15:33 Modified: 2014.11.13 15:38 Agricultural migrant workers are arranging harvested vegetables. The back of the worker standing outside the greenhouse was photographed from the inside. Provided by Kim Jeong-yong [Special Project_Human Rights Table] ④ Thereis no provision for the rights of migrant agricultural workers who are not recognized as ‘exist’ in …
Rebuttal of the Ministry of Labor that caused the distortion controversy [2014.11.03 No. 1034] [Special Project_Human Rights Table ②] The Ministry of Labor’s rebuttal data to the Human Rights Commission report cited by Amnesty… Ignoring the different standards of the two investigation agencies, only the nuance that ‘the results of the investigation by the Human Rights Commission exaggerated …
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Court “Unlawful deportation of refugee applicants for illegal employment” A ruling has been made that it is excessive to issue an order to deport a foreigner whose refugee status is in progress because he or she worked illegally. The first administrative division of the Seoul High Court ruled in favor of the plaintiff as in …
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The Refugee Legal Support Team of the Baronghyup Refugee Legal Support Group receives a ruling to cancel the deportation order of the refugee claimant saying, “The first high court ruling based on the spirit of humanitarianism, the purpose of the Refugee Act … An encouraging decision considering the reality of refugee status applicants” Reporter Shin Jong-cheol | sky@lawissue.co.kr [Rois=Reporter …
– This article was serialized in the bi-monthly <People who knock on the world> No. 55. One morning in early February. I left the house earlier than the other day. Unlike usual, the car headed for the industrial complex in the early morning. Passing the winding alleyway, I stopped the car and opened the door to the semi-basement …
Labor will set you free from deportation. Park Kwang-soo (Counseling Team Intern) It is said that the following sentences were engraved in large letters on the main gates of concentration camps (in other words, extermination camps) in Auschwitz, Dachau, and Sachsenhausen operated by the Nazis during World War II. ‘Arbeit mahct frei.’ Translated into English, “work will …
What was the life of a migrant worker like in 2011? Kim Ki-don (Secretary General) Focusing on the center activities in 2011, I would like to look back on what the lives of migrant workers were like. Last year, the biggest topic of discussion among migrant workers was the expiration of the employment permit system. …
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hit? Right and hold on! Song Min-ju (Counseling Team Leader) In October 2011, Nepalese worker R visited the center due to assault at the workplace. Because the product was defective, a co-worker threw a bundle of PCB boards weighing about 1 to 2 kg and injured his right leg. When Mr. R informed the business owner of …