On Wednesday, July 30th at 12:00pm the KCTU Seoul Regional Council and supporters held a press conference in front of the the Seoul Immigration Control Office criticizing the joint crackdown that occured from May to July and calling for an end of discrimination and repression against arrested MTU members.
During the May to July joint crackdown the government sought to arrest 9,000 migrant workers. Despite daily raids, during which many migrants were injured and experienced human rights abuses, it is predicted the crackdown will not stop at the end of the month.
What is worse, MTU members experience particularly unfair treatment because of their MTU membership. They are questioned about MTU activities and their relationship to the union, have been called "terrorist" and experienced other verbal abuse.
At the July 30th press conference KCTU Seoul Regional Council and supporters called for an end to this repression against MTU members and the barbaric crackdown against undocumented migrant workers.
The press conference was attended by: KCTU Seoul Regional Council and its East Region Committe, Seoul General Union, The Association of Migrant Workers' Supporters, People's Solidarity for Social Progress, Human Rights Sarangbang, Korean Student March, Workers Liberation Student Solidarity, Seongdong-Gwangjin Migrants' Human Rights Defender and the Migrants Trade Union.
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