“In public places, the Chinese were not allowed to enter.”

“When I look at foreigners, I look like a criminal spreading Corona 19, and I thought I had an infectious disease, so I avoided the seat.”

This is the testimony of migrants about their experiences of discrimination after Corona 19. The Korean National Human Rights Commission published a report on ‘Corona 19 and the monitoring of the human rights situation of migrants’ on the 27th. The report analyzed a survey conducted by the Council of the Migrant Workers Movement of 307 migrants from July to August. The migrants who responded to the survey are from Nepal, Vietnam, China, Cambodia and the Philippines, and more than half of them live on non-professional employment (E-9) visas or Korean nationality.

73.8% of those surveyed said they experienced discrimination in government policies and systems related to Corona 19. Specifically, ‘Exclusion of emergency subsidies for disasters’ (30.8%, multiple responses),’ Disaster texts that come in a unintelligible language ‘(29.8%) and’ Information and inquiries about Corona 19 in unintelligible language ‘(22.8%) AND’ excludes the purchase of public masks’ (16.6%). Regarding Corona 19 damage, 61.0% of those surveyed said they have never received support (from the government). 42.6% of those surveyed said there is “no known support” among government-provided damage support systems.

When it comes to discrimination and hatred in everyday life after Corona 19, 67.6% said it was worse or similar. 60.3% of those surveyed said they experienced routine discrimination related to Corona 19.

In the questionnaire describing their experiences of discrimination, the migrants answered: “Only foreign workers are prohibited from leaving the bedroom” and “Koreans do not wear masks to work, but foreigners are told not to work unless they wear masks. ”. Chinese respondents said, “I was kicked out of the market” and “I was scared when I spoke Chinese in public places.”

The report said: “Migrants have been contributing economically and socially as members of Korean society, but in the event of a disaster, the exclusion or omission of quarantine and support increases, resulting in further harm. Disaster situations must be communicated in a usable language and care must be taken to avoid discriminatory attitudes ”.