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2007-09-07 16:52:30 |
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 MTU이주노조 |
 Crackdown Report (September 3-5) |
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The Ministry of Justice’s Crackdown is Going on Everyday
***Immigration Crackdown occurring at Dongdaemun Subway Station Exit #3 (Seoul)
Crackdowns are being carried out in factories, residential areas an on the street in this area. On the afternoon of September 5, 3 MTU members were caught in an immigration crackdown. In the course of crackdowns is common for immigration or police officers to present documents with nothing written on them or demand migrant workers sign detention orders (warrants) without sufficiently explaining them. These are cases of illegal crackdown.
*** Crackdown occurring in Mapo, Gonduk (Seoul)
The Ministry of Justice is now pursuing crackdowns not only in factories but also against Chinese female migrant workers who work in restaurants. For these migrant workers who work at a backbreaking rate just to make a small amount of money, the Immigration Control Office usually charges an outrageously high security fee 10 million won for release. This crackdown is being carried out in the subway and in the areas around restaurants.
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***September 3 Crackdown Report
Hwasong
12:00- Suwon Immigration Control: roughly 30 people arrested in the factories and neighborhoods in Hwasong. Comrade Kamal, an active and hard-working member of MTU, was caught at this time. He was working on the second floor of a factory when crackdown officers entered without showing a warrant or identification and arrested and handcuffed migrant workers. A total of 12 migrant workers (6 Chinese, 2 Thai, 2 Indonesian and 2 Bangladeshi) were arrested at that factory.
Seongsu
2:30 7-8 Seoul Immigration Control crackdown officers rushed into a factory near the Seongsu Station Exit number 2. At this time MTU member Comrade Mintu as well as other migrant workers were arrested. Comrade Mintu attempted to escape the crackdown officers by going up onto the roof but was followed and caught. Comrade Mintu was slightly injured in this process. As soon as the crackdown officers caught him they took Comrade Mintu’s identification without presenting their own and arrested him. Comrade Mintu was put into a van where there were already five migrant workers who had been caught.
The van moved to Ttukseom Station Exit 8 near the High-noon Hotel were another migrant worker was caught. Then the immigration officers arrested four more people in the factories and streets around the High-noon Hotel. The van moved to Ttukseom Street were one more person was arrested.
The crackdown in Seongsu and Ttukseom can be seen as specifically directed against MTU members.
Ansan
A crackdown took place in Shihwa Industrial Complex. We have confirmed that 4 or 5 people were arrested. At this time MTU member Hari Bista was arrested.
*** If you witness the following acts in the course of crackdown please protest and report to the contact number below
-If an immigration officer hits a migrant worker or a migrant workers is injured in the course of crackdown.
-If immigration officers enter a factory or dormitory without a warrant and arrest migrant workers.
-If immigration officers do not present a detention order with the name of the migrant worker they are arresting on it before making the arrest.
-PLEASE PROTEST IN THESE CASES
Report to:
Report by telephone or fax. Please try to send pictures or video.
Tel - 1577-2260, 02-2285-6068
Fax - 2269-6166
http://mtu.or.kr, migrant@jinbo.net
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