Growing number of illegal Chinese workers leaving Korea in wake of Beijing's travel ban

published: 2017-04-19 05:40:15 제주 중국인 불법체류자 대거 자진출국…일자리 감소 영향 China’s unofficial retaliation against the THAAD missile defense system, including its ban on group tours to Korea, appears to be impacting Chinese workers in the country illegally. According to immigration authorities Wednesday, over 13-hundred Chinese workers in Korea illegally… left Jeju-do Island voluntarily to return to China between March 1st and April 10th,… a ninefold increase from last year. The Korea Immigration Service says over eight thousand Chinese nationals are known to be working illegally in Korea at construction sites, restaurants and bars.

But with more Chinese restaurants closing their doors after a decline in the number of Chinese tourists to Korea, the Chinese workers who are here illegally are leaving, too.