Kiwon
10-17-2008, 08:25 AM
Here's an article providing insights into the tactics of "Other Than Mexican" (OTM) illegal immigration.
Funny how the hot-button issue of illegal immigration has been scrupulously avoided by both presidental campaigns.
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Illegal Chinese Immigrants Love Those Korean Passports
October 17, 2008
The Dong-A Ilbo [newspaper] reports that Korea has finally become the “hub” of something.
The Hub of Illegal Chinese Immigration to the West.
According to a recent illegal immigration “guide,” the method most preferred by aspiring illegal Chinese immigrants to the West is to take flights to Europe that first land in Korea. In flight, the guide gives out forged Korean passports, so when they arrive in Europe, they are — in terms of documentation — “Koreans.”
He said, “Of the Chinese hoping to smuggle themselves into the United States, Britain, Australia and elsewhere, many pass through Korea and use forged Korean passports… Korea is becoming a hub of passport forgery and human smuggling.”
This guide, identified as Mr. A, contacted the Dong-A Ilbo after reading an earlier story the paper ran on Korean passport forgery.
According to him, Korean passports are most desired by Chinese and Joseon-jok hoping to smuggle themselves into developed countries to make money. Of the Chinese using forged Korean passports, some 60% want to go to the United States, while the rest prefer Britain and Australia.
According to the police and Foreign Ministry, immigration screenings in English-speaking countries are much tougher for Chinese than Koreans.
The course most preferred by Chinese is to pretend to fly to Cuba. Flights from China to Cuba stop in Korea and France, but on the Korea-France leg, the guides hand out forged Korean passports in the plane. Once they arrive in France, they pretend to be Korean tourists.
After 7—10 days in France, they take the train to Britain, or fly to Mexico, Brazil or some other South American country. From there, they smuggle themselves into the United States by car or ship.
Mr. A said with a Korean passport, it’s quite simple to pass through immigration in France, Britain and Mexico. The Chinese apparently know quite well the power of the Korean passport, and guides receive about US$75,000 per immigrant (includes airfare and other costs). Joseon-jok, [ethnic Koreans living in China] on the other hand, only pay US$40,000—$50,000.
He said 60% of the forged Korean passports are purchased from homeless people and the jobless in Korea, while the other 40% are either purchased or stolen from Korean students, backpackers and gyopo traveling overseas.
Police, too, are aware of the problem. Realistically, however, there is little they can do to stop it.
A police official said to arrest a Chinese trying to smuggle himself into a country on a forged Korean passport, the police have to cooperate with the police of three or four other countries based on sure intelligence. Moreover, Korean police do not have the right to investigate on the aircraft of foreign airlines, so it’s hard to aggressively deal with the problem.
http://www.rjkoehler.com/2008/10/17/illegal-chinese-immigrants-love-those-korean-passports/
Funny how the hot-button issue of illegal immigration has been scrupulously avoided by both presidental campaigns.
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Illegal Chinese Immigrants Love Those Korean Passports
October 17, 2008
The Dong-A Ilbo [newspaper] reports that Korea has finally become the “hub” of something.
The Hub of Illegal Chinese Immigration to the West.
According to a recent illegal immigration “guide,” the method most preferred by aspiring illegal Chinese immigrants to the West is to take flights to Europe that first land in Korea. In flight, the guide gives out forged Korean passports, so when they arrive in Europe, they are — in terms of documentation — “Koreans.”
He said, “Of the Chinese hoping to smuggle themselves into the United States, Britain, Australia and elsewhere, many pass through Korea and use forged Korean passports… Korea is becoming a hub of passport forgery and human smuggling.”
This guide, identified as Mr. A, contacted the Dong-A Ilbo after reading an earlier story the paper ran on Korean passport forgery.
According to him, Korean passports are most desired by Chinese and Joseon-jok hoping to smuggle themselves into developed countries to make money. Of the Chinese using forged Korean passports, some 60% want to go to the United States, while the rest prefer Britain and Australia.
According to the police and Foreign Ministry, immigration screenings in English-speaking countries are much tougher for Chinese than Koreans.
The course most preferred by Chinese is to pretend to fly to Cuba. Flights from China to Cuba stop in Korea and France, but on the Korea-France leg, the guides hand out forged Korean passports in the plane. Once they arrive in France, they pretend to be Korean tourists.
After 7—10 days in France, they take the train to Britain, or fly to Mexico, Brazil or some other South American country. From there, they smuggle themselves into the United States by car or ship.
Mr. A said with a Korean passport, it’s quite simple to pass through immigration in France, Britain and Mexico. The Chinese apparently know quite well the power of the Korean passport, and guides receive about US$75,000 per immigrant (includes airfare and other costs). Joseon-jok, [ethnic Koreans living in China] on the other hand, only pay US$40,000—$50,000.
He said 60% of the forged Korean passports are purchased from homeless people and the jobless in Korea, while the other 40% are either purchased or stolen from Korean students, backpackers and gyopo traveling overseas.
Police, too, are aware of the problem. Realistically, however, there is little they can do to stop it.
A police official said to arrest a Chinese trying to smuggle himself into a country on a forged Korean passport, the police have to cooperate with the police of three or four other countries based on sure intelligence. Moreover, Korean police do not have the right to investigate on the aircraft of foreign airlines, so it’s hard to aggressively deal with the problem.
http://www.rjkoehler.com/2008/10/17/illegal-chinese-immigrants-love-those-korean-passports/