The Alliance for Migrants' Equality and Human Rights, a coalition of which MTU is a part, began a sit-in protest in front of the Seoul Immigration Controls Office yesterday, July 7. The sit in began after a press conference against the massive crackdown against migrant workers and the pending revision of the immigration controls law, which will strengthen the authority of immigration officers.
The press conference was held jointly with a press conference by the Joint Committee with Migrants in Korea, which called for the release of Sharon Desesto, a 8-month pregnant Filipina women who was arrested last Thursday by immigration officers. Her husband, her sole care-taker, was alos arrested on Friday. Several Kasammako officers and members also attended and. Due the the demands of MTU, JCMK and Kasammako the two were released by the end of the day.
MTU held down the sit-in protest yesterday and other member organizations of the Alliance will continue it until the end of the week. MTU is also currently carrying out a petition campaign to stop the crackdown and achieve legalization of MTU.
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