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It's likely wellknown: today is the International Migrants' Day!

Already last Sunday MTU - together with several other organizations (representing migrant workers from Bangladesh, Burma, Nepal and the Philippines), KCTU and some solidarity groups - celebrated the event:

Comrade "Hong Gil-dong from the Forest" made a short video about the event, incl. a photo story about the history of the migrant workers' struggle in S. Korea. You can watch/see it here!

Yesterday people representing culture, media and academia had a meeting in a restaurant in Myeong-dong, were they called on S.K. gov't and society not to discriminate migrant workers. 299 public figures signed a declaration, demanding human, labour rights and respect for all migrant workers in S.K. (according to Hankyoreh and MTU):

Related report from last Sunday's MTU/KCTU solidarity event:
☞ 세계 이주민의 날 맞이 연대마당 잘 마쳤습니다.

..and about yesterday's meeting in Myeong-dong:

☞ 세계 이주민의 날에 즈음한 문화 예술 지식인 선언

☞ “이주노동자 인권은 민주주의 척도”

Finally a few more impressions from Sunday's MTU/KCTU solidarity event:

Sources of the pics: "Hong Gil-dong..", Hankyoreh, MTU