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More than twenty Nepali migrant workers arrested in S. Korea...

New wave of crackdown on migrant workers

planned for October and November

   
S. Korean immigration has detained in the last days more than 20 Nepali workers along with other  migrant workers for "overstaying their visas", the Nepalese newspaper Nagarik Daily reported last Saturday(9.12).

Some of them have already been deported to Nepal, while others are being detained at immigration detention centre.

The S.K. immigration had issued a public notice on September 2 urging the "illegal immigrants" to voluntarily return home within September saying it would launch a massive crackdown on un-documented migrant workers in October and November.

Un-documented migrants are terrified as the crackdown came earlier than they expected. Many Nepalis are taking refuge at religious and labour shelters. Some of them have even quit their jobs due to the fear of being detained.

Most of the so-called "illegal" migrant workers were detained from their residences and public places. The arrested also included several pregnant and ill women!