Due to the increase in globalization in the 1980s, foreign workers have become a prominent presence in South Korea.
[2] South Korea’s Immigration order of departure (deportation) may be challenged at the Korean Administrative Court.
[3] The lack of economic stability plays a factor in whether foreign workers are deported as evidenced with the 1997 Asian financial crisis.
[4] If certain conditions are not met under the Employment Permit System, then the foreign worker would be considered illegal.
In 2008, Migrant Trade Union leaders Torna Limbu and Abdus Sabur were deported for unspecified actions.