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Immigration raids spark rural labor crisis [S.Korea] (www.koreatimes.co.kr)
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“Many farmers here say their livelihood is now under threat because they can no longer find workers after the beginning of the crackdown,” said Sung Bo-kyung, head of an emergency committee formed in Changnyeong over the issue. “It is a very serious problem. If farmers fail to remove garlic scapes between around April 10 to May 10, their crops for this year will be ruined.”

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[–] Deceptichum@quokk.au 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

World really needs to move away from exploiting foreign workers to put up with terrible work conditions and wages, but targeting the workers is not the way.