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(INQUIRER.net)Korean city kept migrant workers’ passports to ‘stop them from leaving’

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2026-09-22
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Officials in Jeongeup, South Korea, kept the passports of 60 foreign seasonal workers to discourage them from leaving their assigned workplaces. One Filipino worker’s passport was held for more than four months. After initially citing an agreement with the Philippine government, the city acknowledged its purpose, called the practice an administrative mistake, and returned all 60 passports. South Korea’s Ministry of Justice identifies passport withholding as a possible sign of human rights violations.
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