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South Korea: "Migrant Workers are also Human Beings"

Fecha

2006

Autores

Amnesty International, International Secretariat

Resumen

p. 21: Under the EPS migrant workers who want to change workplace continue to face severe
restrictions. For example, migrant workers can change their jobs no more than three times
and only with the permission of the employer.
Migrant workers are unable to change jobs
because of health problems that prevent them from continuing to do a particular job, or when
they have suffered human rights violations in a particular workplace unless it (serious health
problems and/or human rights violations) has been officially reported.
A recent study
showed that the majority of migrant workers interviewed (81.8 per cent) found it difficult to
change workplaces under the EPS. In some cases, their situation became even more difficult
after they highlighted abuses by their employers which made them want to change jobs.

Número del documento

ASA/25/007/2006

Number of pages

46

Institución responsable

Amnesty International

Notas

p. 43: ****: (recommendation to Korean government)

Address the lack of labour mobility of migrant workers which is a major reason for
human rights violations and also for forcing migrant workers to become
undocumented migrant workers. Work permits should not be tied to one single
employer, as this is a major cause of human rights violations

p. 4: ***:

Amnesty International’s research has shown that under the EPS system, migrant
workers, in practice, have very limited scope for changing their workplace. This can
seriously hamper their ability to lodge complaints about abuses because they fear
antagonizing their employers or because they fear losing their jobs and thereby losing their
legal status to work in South Korea. There are also reports that employers have seized
official documents, including passports and work permits, preventing migrant workers
from looking for jobs elsewhere

p. 22: ***: Given this ever-present risk of dismissal and deportation, migrant workers often consider they have no choice but to accept poor working conditions and are less likely to seek to exercise fully their
rights.

Conexiones

Los sectores económicos

General relevance - all sectors

Tipos de contenido

Análisis de políticas, Casos documentados de abuso, Estadísticas sobre el trabajo y las condiciones de vida, Número de trabajadores migrantes, y Violación sistémica/estatal de derechos/libertades

Los grupos destinatarios

Trabajadores (in) migrantes, Legisladores, Conciencia Pública, y Los empleadores y las agencias de empleo

Relevancia geográfica

South Korea

Idiomas

Inglés