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Dedicated Immigration Detention Sites: 18 (2009)

Detention Capacity: 1,300 (2003)

Annual Number of Deportations:
18,574 (2006)

Est. Undocumented Population:
211,988 (2006)

Asylum seekers:
1,155 (end 2007)

Detention under Internment: Up to 20 days

Detention for Deportation: No time limit

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Last updated: June 2009

South Korea Detention Profile

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For more detailed information, see the complete List of Detention Sites.

 

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  1. Busan Immigration Office Detention Facility
  2. Cheongju Immigration Office Detention Facility
  3. Cheongju Immigration Processing Centre Detention Centre
  4. Chuncheon Immigration Office Detention Facility
  5. Daegu Immigration Office Detention Facility
  6. Daejon Immigration Office Detention Facility
  7. Gimhae Immigration Office Detention Facility
  8. Gwangju Immigration Office Detention Facility
  9. Hwaseong Immigration Processing Centre / Hwaseong Detention Centre
  10. Incheon Immigration Office Detention Facility
  11. Incheon International Airport Detention Facility / Incheon International Airport Immigration Office Detention Facility
  12. Jeju Immigration Office Detention Facility
  13. Jeonju Immigration Office Detention Facility
  14. Masan immigration Office Detention Facility
  15. Seoul Immigration Office Detention Facility
  16. Suwon Immigration Office Detention Facility
  17. Ulsan Branch Office of Busan Immigration Office Detention Facility
  18. Yeosu Immigration Office Detention Facility

 

Sources
(This is only a partial list. More detailed information is available upon request.)

  • Amnesty International. 2006. "Migrant Workers Are Also Human Beings". Amnesty International, Republic of Korea (South Korea). ASA 25/007/2006. 17 August 2006.Ministry of Justice. Website. Immigration Bureau: Understanding the Immigration Service. Ministry of Justice, Korea. http://www.moj.go.kr/  (accessed 5 October 2007). 
  • Hwang, Pill Kyu (Attorney at Law, Korean Public Interest Lawyers Group GONGGAM.) 2009a. Email message to Michael Flynn (Global Detention Project). 28 April 2009. Global Detention Project. Geneva, Switzerland.
  • Hwang, Pill Kyu (Attorney at Law, Korean Public Interest Lawyers Group GONGGAM.) 2009b. Telephone interview with Michael Flynn (Global Detention Project). 3 June 2009. Global Detention Project. Geneva, Switzerland.
  • National Human Rights Commission of Korea (NHRCK). 2005. Survey on Undocumented Migrants in Detention Facilities of Korea. Seoul National Human Rights Commission of Korea.
  • National Human Rights Commission of Korea (NHRCK). 2007a. 2007 Survey on Undocumented Migrants in Detention Facilities of Korea (non-final version). National Human Rights Commission of Korea.
  • National Human Rights Commission of Korea (NHRCK). 2007b. Database of 2007 Survey on Undocumented Migrants in Detention Facilities of Korea (non-final version).