Inside Korea’s immigration dragnet

Faisal, a 42-year-old man who has lived in Korea for nearly two decades, still remembers the night his friend was badly injured during an immigration crackdown in Hwaseong, Gyeonggi Province. “My friend fell from the second floor and hurt his arm,” he said. “His arm was broken as he tried to escape from the officers.” He said immigration officers now conduct crackdowns around his workplace every one to two months, with the most recent raid occurring in January. The operations, he added, increasi

By The Korea Herald