Nghe An: Will publicize list of illegal workers in Korea

(Baonghean.vn) - In order to reduce the rate of illegal workers and to propose the Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs to lift the suspension of recruiting Nghe An workers to work in Korea in 2017, the People's Committee of Nghe An province directed relevant departments, agencies and localities to strengthen solutions to reduce illegal workers in Korea.

Accordingly, the Provincial People's Committee assigned the Department of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs to closely coordinate with functional agencies, socio-political organizations, local Party committees and authorities, the Department of Overseas Labor Management and the Overseas Labor Center under the Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs to strengthen propaganda and mobilize workers' families to commit to encouraging their children to return home on time when their labor contracts expire; Strictly handle violations of labor export activities, especially violations in the field of sending workers to work in Korea under the EPS program; Notify the list of workers whose contracts have expired but do not return home, stay to work and reside illegally to the People's Committees of communes, wards and towns and request the authorities of communes, wards and towns to publicly post them at their headquarters, cultural houses of blocks, hamlets, villages, and hamlets...

Nghe An is trying to reduce the rate of illegal workers residing in Korea in 2016 to below 30% - Illustrative photo

According to the report of the Department of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs of Nghe An, Nghe An province currently has more than 4,600 people working in Korea under the EPS program, of which more than 2,100 people have expired labor contracts, have not returned to their home country, are working and residing illegally, accounting for 45.65% of the number of workers working in Korea. Recently, the Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs and the Korean side announced a temporary suspension of recruiting workers from 11 districts, cities and towns in Nghe An to work in Korea in 2016.

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