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petition Benjamin I am Segi Lee, who is currently working as the head of the data research department at the Korea Migrant Workers Human Rights Center. I am providing various labor-related consultations to protect the human rights of migrant workers who have come to Korea and are working in the 3D industry. We are working to provide […]

Let’s start the year and become the subject of our own solution Segi Lee (Director of Data Research Office) It’s early 2007. It is time for the bright light to dawn. All things live in winter, but in reality, they contain life and time to germinate. It is the time when the curve of time that gradually develops

a society that encourages arrears Benjamin Hussein and Roma are a married couple. He came to Korea on a tourist visa (C2) from Bangladesh in 1999 and is working at a stainless steel kitchenware company without registration. Meanwhile, a boy was born. is 4 years old The couple worked in CNC, milling, welding, and pressing jobs. For example, married couples

castrated soul Benjamin Workplace violence is rampant. This is a case where fists give work orders rather than words. The work has to be done quickly, but the frustration of not being able to speak and not being able to do things as instructed is triggered by the judgement trying to solve it with emotions rather than

I am an illegal immigrant Lee Sang-jae (Head of Education and Public Relations Team, Korea Migrant Workers Human Rights Center) I see the faces of my family members after 6 years. My wife, who was so pretty when I was a virgin, and my son, who has grown taller than my mother, and is supporting her

Dancers from Tashgent Benjamin Unpaid wages for 8 months It was around July 15, 2006 that the Uzbekistan dance troupe ‘Shmalak’ entered Korea. Seven members, including the director, who entered Korea on an E-6 visa, are professional art troupes who tour around the world and perform. They signed a contract with ○○ Arts Performance Agency in

Choi Hyun-mo (Director of the Center for Migrant Workers’ Human Rights in Korea) On February 11th, a tragic incident occurred in which 10 people were killed and 17 others were injured in a fire at a foreigner’s shelter in Yeosu. And on March 30, at a hospital in Yeosu, the funeral of 10 migrant workers was

Stay strong, Joan. Benjamin it’s cumbersome I was admitted to the hospital, but I can’t believe it’s leukemia. In order to enter Korea as a migrant worker, didn’t they undergo physical examination twice in the Philippines and once in Korea? In fact, when my body got a fever and I was tired, I used to promise to take

Rights and freedoms 40 years ago Lee Sang-jae (Head of Education and Public Relations Team, Korea Migrant Workers’ Human Rights Center) Last weekend, I was on my way to a summer camp in the East Sea with migrants visiting the center. At a highway rest area, I was sitting around looking for shade and eating a

Let’s go crazy, go crazy Lee Sang-jae It was a hot day too, so I thought I would finish it quietly and quickly. The content of the consultation was not too complicated. However, as soon as I entered the building, my body became tense without realizing it. A scene I had forgotten for a while came to mind.