Child Inmates of South Korea’s Immigration Jail
In South Korea, detaining children simply due to their migration status, or the migration status of their parents, is standard practice.
In South Korea, detaining children simply due to their migration status, or the migration status of their parents, is standard practice.
There are some 300,000 migrant workers in South Korea. Of them, one sixth are believed to be unregistered laborers. Here is a story of Hiển from Vietnam.
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