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This we’ll find in today’s South Korean newspapers
KOREA HERALD
The government said yesterday it would start cracking down as of today on illegal migrant laborers who participate in unlawful rallies and refuse to leave the country.
The number of illegal foreign workers leaving the country voluntarily has dwindled since the first crackdown in September as the search has eased up, the Justice Ministry said.
The voluntary expulsion period ends this month. The deadline was extended last month due to strong protests.
The ministry will deal more sternly with those who participate in illegal rallies and protests opposing the expulsion of aliens, it said.
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JOONGANG ILBO
The Justice Ministry announced yesterday a campaign to round up and deport illegal foreign workers.
The ministry had given those workers until Feb. 28 to leave the country voluntarily. Those who comply would be allowed to return to Korea in August, when a new employment permit system goes into effect. Beginning March 1, the ministry said, it would join with police and immigration officials to round up those who had refused to leave.
"We extended the term for illegal workers to voluntarily leave Korea due to requests by civic groups, but instead of using that time to prepare for departure, the workers began participating in rallies and demonstrations, refusing to leave the country," said Lee Min-hee, an immigration official.
Seoul has extended the deadline for departure several times.
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KOREA TIMES
The government will launch a massive crackdown from Monday against illegal foreign workers who are refusing to leave the country. Migrant workers who launch movements to defy the government-imposed deadline, which is set for the end of this month, will be rounded up and forced out of the country, the Justice Ministry said on Sunday. Officials said the move is intended to maintain law and order after a rising number of foreign workers announced their refusal to follow the government’s deportation policy of illegal foreign workers. Those who do not comply with government orders and take part in illegal rallies or protests with civic groups will be detained and forced to leave, officials said. (Korea Times)
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And here our beloved CHOSUN ILBO:
The Ministry of Justice said Sunday that it will decide on its policies to arrest and deport all illegal foreign workers who participate in illegal gatherings and demonstrations and those refusing to voluntarily leave the country, and will begin concentrated crackdown efforts starting from Monday.
Actually all together sounds not so good, not really!
Only together we’ll be able to fight against their f… plans!
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