USA uwalnia pracowników Hyundai po aresztowaniach
W obliczu oburzenia w Korei Południowej, setki pracowników Hyundai, aresztowanych przez amerykańskie służby, wracają do kraju. Dowiedz się więcej o tym incydencie i jego skutkach.
Hundreds of South Korean workers who were arrested last week by the US immigration service ICE in a Hyundai factory located in Georgia are set to return to South Korea today.
The South Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs has reported that American authorities have released 330 factory employees, including 316 Koreans. They are expected to arrive back in their home country by tomorrow afternoon.
These workers were offered a last-minute proposal by US President Trump to stay in the US to train American staff, but only one South Korean accepted the offer.
Wielkie zaskoczenie w Korei Południowej
During the raid last Friday at the under-construction battery factory of Hyundai, a total of 475 individuals were arrested, causing significant outrage in South Korea. Just before the incident, Seoul had pledged hundreds of billions of dollars in US investments as a form of appeasement against the high import tariffs imposed by the Trump administration.
This raid has sent shockwaves through South Korea and raised concerns among South Korean companies about the viability of doing business in the United States. Korean firms have expressed dissatisfaction with the stringent US visa restrictions for skilled foreign workers.
They argue that these limitations make it challenging to quickly send personnel or train local employees.
Gabi Verberg, korespondent w Azji Wschodniej:
Mało kto w Korei Południowej spodziewał się, że współpraca z USA, tradycyjnie uważanym za sojusznika, będzie przebiegać tak problematycznie.
Prezydent Lee na konferencji prasowej podkreślił obawy południowokoreańskich firm. Mimo to, nie widać oznak zmiany kursu, a prezydent zdaje się przede wszystkim szukać rozwiązań.
South Korea and the US are currently in talks to better regulate visa issues in the future. Earlier this week, a South Korean delegation flew to Washington to discuss further details of the South Korean investment plan in the US.
A senior official from the US Department of Homeland Security claimed last Friday that some of the detainees had crossed the border illegally. Others, he stated, were found to have expired visas or visa waivers that prohibited them from working.
Since President Trump took office, the number of deportations has significantly increased. Tackling illegal immigration was a key campaign promise of Trump for his second term as president.
This policy has also had unintended economic side effects, as the hotel industry and agricultural businesses have previously reported that workers are not showing up for work out of fear of being arrested.
