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The
‘Public Interest Law Center Appeal’, which has mainly been engaged in legal
activities to protect the human rights of migrants, has started a signature
campaign to demand the revision of the ‘Immigration Control Act Article 63
(1)’, which allows foreigners detained in detention centers indefinitely.
Through
the campaign notice published on the website, Appeal said, “There is such a
place in Korea. A detention center for foreigners that detains people freely
and even leads to death... just because they are foreigners, we need
institutional improvement,” it urged them to join the campaign
to amend Article 63 (1) of the Immigration Act.
Article 63
(1) of the current Immigration Control Act stipulates that if a foreigner who
has received a deportation order cannot immediately go out of the country
because he or she does not have a passport or cannot secure transportation, he
or she may be kept in a shelter until repatriation is possible.
Since the
period is not specified in this article, detention is practically possible
indefinitely. For this reason, Appeal believes that human rights violations
against foreigners are possible in shelters.
The United
Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the National Human Rights
Commission have already recommended that the provisions be improved.
However,
the Constitutional Court has already ruled that the provision is not in violation
of the Constitution three times.
Since
persons subject to deportation can escape from the state of protection at any
time by voluntarily leaving the country, the position is that this is a
necessary provision to ensure national security, maintain order, and promote
public welfare by appropriately controlling and coordinating the entry, exit
and stay of foreigners.
An Appeal
official said, "Although the foreigner shelter is called a 'shelter', it
is actually operated in exactly the same way as a prison.
In
particular, Se-jin Kim, a lawyer at Appeal, said, “After the goal of 10,000
signatures is achieved, we plan to request an amendment to specify the upper
limit of detention from the government. It is known that he said, "
At the same time, he
reportedly said, "We will reasonably judge whether to accept foreigners
who do not need detention, such as underage migrant children and foreigners who
are not concerned about escape or need treatment, and demand external
monitoring procedures to prevent human rights violations in shelters."
The
signature movement, which started at the end of December last year, has now
attracted about 1,800 people.
Signature link: https://www.campaigns.kr/campaigns/560
Reporter
Song Hasung
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