Still Crazy After All These Years
Two Koreas underscores the consequences of a classic disconnect (the Joong-ang Daily's online site continues to frustrate easy reading) between South Korean law, enforcing bureaucracies, and businesses: illegal immigration.
According to the Justice Ministry, there were an estimated 223,000 illegal aliens in the country as of last year. About 22,000 illegal migrants were caught and deported last year, down from 23,000 in 2006, according to the service.
The risks of combating illegal immigration, say officials, run both ways. On Jan. 30, an immigration officer was stabbed in the thigh by a Bangladeshi illegal migrant who was trying to flee an inspection raid. Twenty immigration officers were injured last year, compared to six during similar enforcement drives in 2004, according to the service.
«Because the media and civic groups protect illegal workers' rights, some illegal's do not respect the officers' authority and are not afraid of attacking them,» said another official, who refused to be named.
It's so hard to get a well-paid desk job enforcing bad laws these days!
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