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Two migrant workers injured in immigration crackdown

 
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garykasparov



Joined: 27 May 2007
PostPosted: Mon Nov 26, 2007 1:41 pm    Post subject: Two migrant workers injured in immigration crackdown Reply with quote
1> http://www.koreaherald.com/
2> National
3> Two migrant workers injured in crackdown (2007.11.27)

Two migrant workers injured in crackdown

Two migrant workers were severely injured as they jumped from a church rooftop to escape a raid by immigration officers on Sunday, the Migrant Worker's House said yesterday.

Immigration officers in Suwon, Gyeonggi Province, raided a Korean-Chinese church during a Thanksgiving's Day service on Sunday and got into a scuffle as they arrested unregistered migrant workers.

Several migrant workers tried to escape by jumping from the rooftop to a neighboring building, according to Kim Hae-sung, pastor and chief of the migrant workers' shelter.

One Chinese migrant worker broke his leg and injured his back while another broke both ankles and an arm. The two are being treated at a hospital in western Seoul.

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2007.11.27
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blaseblasphemener



Joined: 01 Jun 2006
Location: There's a voice, keeps on calling me, down the road, that's where I'll always be
PostPosted: Mon Nov 26, 2007 1:44 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
>A church service on Thanksgiving

>2 crippled migrants

>One corrupt, derelict Immigration Office

>Korean Spaakling

Priceless
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garykasparov



Joined: 27 May 2007
PostPosted: Mon Nov 26, 2007 2:02 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
They have plenty of time to raid a chuch service on Sunday, but not a crooked hagwon? Go figure, eh.
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CentralCali



Joined: 17 May 2007
PostPosted: Mon Nov 26, 2007 4:17 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Wow. Raiding a church during services? The current administration has just abandoned all pretense at giving a hoot about anything at all.
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thepeel



Joined: 08 Aug 2004
PostPosted: Mon Nov 26, 2007 5:17 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Korea has the right to enforce her immigration laws, even during imaginary friend time. The state is not at all responsible if you injure yourself escaping from law enforcement.
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ED209



Joined: 17 Oct 2006
PostPosted: Mon Nov 26, 2007 5:19 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
If only Benny Hinn was there, they could have gotten up and run away again.
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CentralCali



Joined: 17 May 2007
PostPosted: Mon Nov 26, 2007 6:05 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
thepeel wrote:
Korea has the right to enforce her immigration laws, even during imaginary friend time. The state is not at all responsible if you injure yourself escaping from law enforcement.


What a jerk you have proven to be. And I base this observation on merely one post.
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igotthisguitar



Joined: 08 Apr 2003
Location: South Korea (Permanent Vacation)
PostPosted: Mon Nov 26, 2007 6:09 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Raiding a church service on a Sunday? Good God, yah ... that is pretty cheap, low & dirty Shocked

Were they illegal residents?

Just imagine if ALL of China's poor & desperate were to flood Korea under "FREE TRADE".

Hmmmm ... too bad these folks weren't properly "documented" Idea
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Vicissitude



Joined: 27 Feb 2007
Location: Chef School
PostPosted: Mon Nov 26, 2007 10:22 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
thepeel wrote:
Korea has the right to enforce her immigration laws, even during imaginary friend time. The state is not at all responsible if you injure yourself escaping from law enforcement.

Ignorance is bliss. I'm guessing you've never read up on the atrocious ways that Korea's immigration has treated migrant workers in Korea. Let me just tell you, it's not a pretty picture. You don't know the full story behind this case, yet you are sure ready to pass your judgment. How do you know the police didn't come in there with riot gear ready to kick some serious ass? It's been done many times in the past. I've got some video footage if you care to see how they beat people to death. I'd just LOVE to share it with you.










Now, go back and read it again using your imaginary Jack Nicholson accent.



"You can't handle the truth."
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thepeel



Joined: 08 Aug 2004
PostPosted: Mon Nov 26, 2007 10:46 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Sorry, Korea has a right to enforce her immigration laws.
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Vicissitude



Joined: 27 Feb 2007
Location: Chef School
PostPosted: Mon Nov 26, 2007 11:47 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
thepeel wrote:
Sorry, Korea has a right to enforce her immigration laws.
Educate yourself on the matter! It might open up that narrow mind of yours.

BTW, raiding a Church right in the middle of a Sunday Thanksgiving Day service is not exactly very classy. Say, where do you come from?
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