KASAMMAKO
(The Unity of Filipino Migrant Workers Associations in Korea)

SIGNATURE CAMPAIGN TO STOP THE CRIMINALIZATION, CRACKDOWN AND REPRESSION OF MIGRANT WORKERS!

The Unity of Filipino Migrant Workers in Korea or KASAMMAKO denounces the
criminalization, intensified crackdown and repression of migrant workers
in South Korea. The Korean government has used the visa status of migrant
workers especially the undocumented migrant workers as a scapegoat in
launching the anti-terrorism campaign in view of the governmentâ€s
hosting of the G-20 Summit in November this year. There had been a
mapping of areas where migrant workers live and work and the immigration
police have raided many factories, carrying with them search warrants for
identified factories.

As of May 16, there were already thirty two (32) Filipino migrant workers