Immigration policy tightened after multinational elections: South Korea cracked down on illegal workers

Netease Education News 20 12 is an election year. During this year, 14 countries including the United States, France, Russia, South Korea, Mexico and Venezuela will change their governments. Usually, during the election period, the foreign immigration policy will become stricter, and the inspection and crackdown on illegal workers will be strengthened. By the end of June, 2065438+2002, the border inspection station of Shanghai Airport had handled more than 0/000 people repatriated from abroad, among which the largest number returned from South Korea, accounting for a quarter of the total number of repatriated people. Recently, the number of people repatriated from other countries with general elections has also increased slightly.

South Korea is close to China, and many living habits are similar to those in northern China, so it has become the "first choice" for many migrant workers. In fact, South Korea is not a "paradise" for migrant workers. In South China, although a few South Koreans have made great efforts, most China people can only do some basic jobs, such as construction workers, assembly line operators and restaurant waiters. For "black workers" without legal status, there is no guarantee for insurance, wages, medical care, rest and welfare.

At the beginning of June this year, when Li, a native of Jilin, returned to China for repatriation review, he tearfully told the border police about his experience in South Korea: after 70, he worked in a factory in his hometown with a monthly salary of 1000 yuan. He heard from fellow villagers that he could make money by working in South Korea, so he spent more than 100,000 yuan (all borrowed from relatives and friends) to apply for a tourist visa to South Korea through an intermediary company and stayed in South Korea to work as an illegal worker. In order to make money, he works for more than ten hours every day, usually in the morning. In order to save the cost of living, he shared a house of 15 square meters with three other China people working in Korea, and he usually bought his own meals. However, the consumption level in South Korea is relatively high, and his monthly utilities, rent and daily consumption probably need more than 300,000 won (about 2,000 yuan). If he takes more jobs every month, he will probably have 65,438+0.5 million won (.

He told the police that they earned hard-earned money in Korea. Sometimes when the salary is paid at the end of the year, some black-hearted bosses know that they are illegal workers, and they report extortion and deliberately delay or deduct wages. Lee said that if he was not caught by the Korean immigration authorities this time, he would soon apply for his own return to China. It's too hard to work as an illegal worker in Korea, and I'm afraid of being caught all day, which is a great psychological burden.

This year happens to be the general election in South Korea. In order to maintain social order and stability, the Korean immigration authorities have continuously strengthened their inspection and crackdown on illegal work. According to people repatriated by the Korean immigration authorities, in the past few years, the Korean immigration authorities have conducted irregular spot checks on places where illegal workers are concentrated, and the inspection efforts are not great. Since the beginning of this year, there have been spot checks and carpet searches of all shops in a street almost every day, and all the illegal workers have been caught. Usually, after being arrested, illegal workers have to go through identity examination, confirm their identity and nationality, then deal with them according to regulations, and finally send them back to their respective countries.

The Shanghai Airport Border Inspection Station hereby reminds the public to apply for a work visa abroad through formal channels and not to live and work illegally abroad. At the same time, China citizens who have gone abroad should go through residence formalities in advance to avoid relevant risks, and avoid being repatriated because of illegal residence and illegal work, which will bring them mental and material losses.