401개의 게시물을 찾았습니다.
While the Sit-in(struggle) in Seoul's KNCC is continuing, now since 22 days, the solidarity with MTU's struggle against the S.K. govt's policy of repression/crack down is still going on. Following just some impressions of the daily struggle (many more pics you can see here):
Daily "life" (here 12.20), aka the sit-in struggle inside KNCC..
..and outside - daily night rallies (here y'day's candlelight rally)
Today's protest rally in front of Incheon's Immigration Office
Related article:
☞ 20일째 농성 중인 이주노동자들의 '슬픈 크리스마스' (VoP, 12.25)
☞ Chunghwa Telecom Workers' Union/TW
☞ Alliance of Progressive Labour/Phillipines
12.21(金) 저녁 6시 30분 광화문
교보문고앞에서
촛불문화제를 합니다(*)
*****
* Well, just watch following video..:
☞ [속보] 12월 14일 촛불집회 (..by MWTV)
While yesterday (KST) progressive trade unions, political and civic organisations all across the world celebrated the Int'l Migrants Day, in the S.K. capital Seoul a bunch of reactionaries - the "Movement of Extradition of Illegal Workers" - promised during a rally in front of the Central Immigration Office in Mok-dong: "We will continue our actions till all of the illegal foreign workers are deported!''...
Beside that (simply said^^) "unpleasant" event - of course - representatives of several progressive organisations demanded: "Stop Crackdown and Deportation!"..
.."Stop the Oppression of MTU and the Prosecution of its Activists!" (at least since 12.5 MTU's remaining and new leadership must hide themselves to prevent arrest..)
Well, following you can read, what today's Korea Times has to say about it:
Migrant Workers Complain of New Immigration Law
Tuesday was International Migrants Day but many foreign workers here were in no mood for celebration.
The Migrant Workers' Union and their supporting civic groups held a rally on Tuesday in downtown Seoul to protest against the government's new regulation on illegal sojourners. They urged the government to apologize for cracking down on their union, withdraw revisions to the immigration law and guarantee their basic labor rights.
Under the new regulation, illegal foreign workers are to face a maximum of three years in prison or be extradited to their own countries.
In addition investigative procedures can infringe upon their human rights, some civic group members said. Lawyer Chung Jung-hoon said there is no proper procedure mentioned for the public power to investigate the workers.
``For example, some immigration officers can ask 'foreign-looking persons' to provide credentials or conduct a crackdown on workplaces without a warrant,'' he said. Chung said police officers must have warrants for these acts.
There are also ongoing criticisms toward the Work Permit System that allows foreign workers to make money in Korea. According to the system, workers cannot change their workplaces more than three times, while in many cases they suffer from abuse and delayed wages from the employers. ``This clause drives many workers to become illegal migrant workers,'' a member of the union said.
Even forming a union is pending at the Supreme Court, for the Ministry of Labor appealed against the law allowing foreign workers a union.
Recently, three migrant workers' labor union heads were simultaneously caught and extradited. The human rights civic groups claimed that the National Human Rights Commission was under probe on whether their investigation contained coercive treatment, but the government suddenly deported them. The NHRC also expressed their regret over the decision to the immigration office but received no reply.
On the other hand, the 220,000 illegal migrants are becoming a hot issue for another reason. Some conservatives showed big support for the revised law and held a protest in front of the immigration office to ask for thorough performance of the law on Tuesday, too.
Chung Dae-seong, a member of The Movement of Extradition of Illegal Workers, said he believes that it's the best that people live in their own countries. ``But if they want to live in other countries, then they must pay respect to the respective nationals,'' he said. The members said the illegal sojourners do not pay tax and are obviously violating Korean law. ``We will continue our actions till all of them are deported,'' he said.
Some other members expressed anger when asked about human rights violations. ``I say the longer they stay in our land, the more Korean people's rights are being violated _ you know what I mean?'' a man who refused to identify himself said.
http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2007/12/117_15769.html
Related articles (in Korean):
☞ '코리안 드림', 정말 있기는 한건가요? (참세상)
☞ 세계이주민의 날 공동기자회견 (참세상)
☞ ..세계이주민의 날.. 기자회견 (이주노동자방송국)
☞ 이주민의 날은 이주노동자 연행하는 날? (OhmyNews)
☞ Canada: MTU solidarity action in Montreal (Two Koreas, 12.13)
☞ S. Korea: MTU's Leadership Deported!! (IMC, 12.14)
☞ Migrants Union Leaders Deported! (IUF, 12.14)
☞ S. Korea: MTU's Leadership Deported (Infoshop News, 12.17)
☞ Funktionäre der MTU ausgewiesen (Labournet, Germany, 12.17)
☞ 국제연대 활동 보고서 (FreeMigrants!!)
Please remember:
A so-called "civil organization" - the "Movement of Extradition of Illegal Workers" - plans to launch from today a "campaign to expel all illegal aliens" (i.e. un-documented migrant workers). The first "highlight" of the campaign will be a demonstration on coming Tuesday (12.18) in front of the Immigration Office in Seoul/Mok-dong.
Well, it would be great if some of our (S.K.) activists would be on the spot to (at least) report about this f.. BS. Of course it would be much better when a lot of our supporters would be on the spot to protest against this f.. BS!!
Related:
☞ 2004.7.16 (MSSC) Report: "The definite highlight of this week: the anti-migrant workers rally. On Tuesday, July 13, one of the (mainly) regular “One Man Rally” protesters arrived in DLP’s head quarter on Yeouido (here they have the equipment for the rally). Opposite of the building a rally was held. But because the activist couldn’t see well (some times his glasses were broken by someone) he had to go closer to see the writings on the pickets. But he was not able to read, so he had to go closer but on this way he already was able to hear about the issue by the slogans: a rally against supporting “illegal foreigners”. So, because he wore already ETU-MB’s struggle vest, he retired himself. But just moments later some of the 25 or so 'protesters' realized him and immediately some wanted – yeah, what actually wanted from him? Anyway in this moment his comrade, who is the (nearly) daily rally partner arrived and pushed him in the DLP building in safety..."
Just few hours ago KCTU released following statement:
Three Leaders of MTU Deported!
Early this morning (Dec. 13) President Kajiman, Vice President Raju and General Secretary Masum of the Migrants’ Trade Union (a KCTU affiliate) were secreted out of Cheongju Detention Center, where they had been confined since they were arrested in a targeted crackdown on November 27. It has been confirmed that they were transported to Incheon International Airport and deported to their native countries (Nepal and Bangladesh) during the morning hours. This act by the Ministry of Justice is yet a further escalation of its repression against MTU and the organizing of migrant workers in South Korea...
KCTU's entire contribution you can read here:
http://nodong.org/bbs//view.php?id=eng_action&no=54
Earlier today Jamie (TwoKoreas Blog) posted following info, he got y'day night (12.12):
"So today the High Court officially refused to hear the appeal for Masum, Kajiman and Raju's release. Which means we are pretty much out of legal avenues to fight for their release. I heard from a Nepalese friend today that Raju and Kajiman have both been cleared by the Nepalese embassy for travel and it looks like they will probably be gone by tomorrow.
Unfortunately they will all probably just disappear without being able to make any phone calls, so we won't know that they are gone for sure until they find phones in whatever countries they have lay-overs in."
Today's first public protest in downtown Seoul against the deportation..(*)
More about the deportation of our comrades here:
☞ 이주노조 집행부 3명 결국 강제출국 당해 (민중의소리, incl. video)
☞ 법무부, 이주노조 지도부 "날치기" 강제출국 (참세상)
☞ 이주노조 지도부 3명 전격 강제출국 (한겨레)
☞ 이주노동자의 권리와 인권을 무시한 날치기 강제출국 강행을 규탄한다 (KCTU)
☞ 이주노조 지도부 강제출국 - 노무현 정부.. (다함께)
A video about today's morning in front of Cheongju Detention Center
you can watch here:
☞ 이주노동조합 지도부 3인.. 오늘 새벽 강제 출국 (MWTV)
☞ 이주노조 지도부3인 강제출국 항의 기자회견 (MWTV)
☞ 법무부 출입국 이주노조 집행부 강제추방 (이주노동자방송국)
And finally one the class enemy's voices:
Korea Herald (S.K. bourgeois daily newspaper) tomorrow's edition:
Unionists expelled on immigration charges
The government expelled yesterday three leaders of a foreign workers' union for staying illegally for over 10 years.
Civic organizations criticized the move as a "targeted crackdown" to suppress activism among migrant workers.
The three deported men included Nepalese nationals Khapung Kajiman and Tek Bahadur Gurung, who were head and vice-head of a nationwide union of foreign workers. Bangladeshi national Moniruzzamal Abul Dashar M, who served as secretary-general, was also expelled.
The government does not recognize the union (i.e. MTU) as a legal entity. (!!!)
The men were apprehended last month. Their appeals against deportation were dismissed and they were repatriated yesterday, the Justice Ministry said.
Khapung Kajiman was here illegally for nearly 16 years, Tek Bahadur Gurung for 13 years and Moniruzzamal Abul Dashar for 11 years, according to officials.
Tek Bahadur Gurung was expelled in 1991 but reentered in 2000 on a forged passport, the ministry said.
Immigration officials and the police have jointly conducted massive crackdowns on illegal immigrants since August.
Civic advocacy and labor groups argued that the expulsion of the unionists was unfairly carried out and a violation of human rights.
"The deportation was specifically targeting the migrant workers to destroy the union activities," Lee Jeong-won, an education and outreach director at the Migrant Trade Union, told The Korea Herald.
The ministry rebuffed the argument.
"To crack down on immigration-law offenders and deport them accordingly is a legitimate act of exercising administrative rights," a ministry official said.
There are over 225,000 illegal immigrants in Korea, over more than half of the total number of foreign workers
http://www.koreaherald.co.kr/NEWKHSITE/data/html_dir/2007/12/14/200712140011.asp
Hey, possibly you remember Mao Zedong's significant (^^) sentence "When your enemy is fighting you - that's good and not bad"!!
In today's Korea Times you can read following main headline on its front page: "NGO Seeks to Drive Out Illegal Aliens". (*)
Harr, harr, harr... After the S.K. gov't started its last massive attacks against the un-documented migrant workers in general and against MTU in particular the S.K. "civil society" wants also to take action. A so-called "civil organization" - the "Movement of Extradition of Illegal Workers" - plans to launch from next week a "campaign to expel all illegal aliens" (i.e. un-documented migrant workers). The first "highlight" of the campaign will be a demonstration on coming Tuesday (12.18) in front of the Immigration Office in Seoul/Mok-dong.
Well, let's stop with joking!! Because, in my opinion, it's a very critical development! Likely you know that these kind of "N"GO's are very close connected with the most reactionary political groups in the S.K. society and, more important in governmental bodies, such as the Ministry of "Justice", Police Department, Immigration Office etc..
So the planned campaign - "Drive Out All Illegal Alliens!" - can/will teach us a lesson how the coming gov't (doubtless led by Lee Myung-bak and his reactionary GNP) will act against migrant workers in S.K. and especially against a struggling MTU!!!
Yesterday's K. Times reported that the Korean Human Right Commission is demanding (gee.. better said just lamenting about) "human rights" for migrant workers. But most important, KHRC legitimizes the "right" by the S.K. gov't to hunt, arrest and deport (un-documented) migrant workers: "We are not asking them not to crack down illegal immigrants", the "human right" body stated according to K. Times. (**)
* NGO Seeks to Drive Out Illegal Aliens
** ..Call for More Protection of Immigrants’ Rights
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Other stuff, related to the current struggle of MTU:
☞ [12.9] Migrant Workers' Demo in Seoul (video documentary by MWTV, 12.11)
☞ [12.9] Migrant Workers' Demo in Daegu (two video documentaries)
And last but not least: This month's alternative Canadian radio "No One Is Illegal" has a longer interview with Mahbub (MWTV) on a bunch of topics: the MTU arrests, migrants issues in Korea, MWTV and more. You can download the whole show or just that segment of the show here:
http://www.radio4all.net/index.php?op=program-info&program_id=25741&nav
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