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NOTIFICATION WAIVER PROGRAM FOR UNDOCUMENTED FOREIGNERS


All Filipinos are informed that the Korean National Police Agency (KNPA), in consultation with the Ministry of Justice (MOJ), has implemented the Notification Waiver Program for Undocumented Foreigners since March 2013. Since March 2013, 585 undocumented foreigners have benefited from this program.

The program aims to allow undocumented foreigners to report crimes without fear of deportation. It also prevents offenses in which a victim's lack of legal status is exploited.

Under the Notification Waiver Program for Undocumented Foreigners, the police authorities will be exempt from its legal obligation to report undocumented foreigners who have fallen victim to major crimes including bodily injury, intimidation, and fraud.

KNPA has stressed that all foreign nationals, regardless of status, may receive police assistance without prejudice. They will also continue to strongly punish acts of violence, sex crime, and fraud targeting foreigners and spare no efforts to protect human rights of foreigners in South Korea.

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NOTIFICATION WAIVER PROGRAM PARA SA MGA
DAYUHANG UNDOCUMENTED

Nais po naming ipabatid sa ating mga kababayang Filipino na muling pinagbibigay alam ng Korean National Police Agency (KNPA), sa kanilang pakikipagtulungan sa Ministry of Justice (MOJ), na patuloy nilang pinapatupad ang Notification Waiver Program para sa mga Dayuhang Undocumented. Simula noong Marso 2013, mahigit na 585 dayuhang may illegal na status na ang natulungan ng nasabing programa.

Ang programang ito ay nakatuon sa mga kaso ng mga illegal na dayuhan sa Seoul na naging biktima ng krimen, ngunit sa pangambang mahuli ng dahil sa kanilang illegal na status ay nag-aalangang mag-report sa kapulisan.

Sa ilalim ng Notification Waiver Program para sa mga Dayuhang Undocumented, ang kapulisan ay hindi pinapahintulutang mag-sumbong laban sa mga illegal na dayuhan na naging biktima ng krimen katulad ng pananakit, pananakot o pandaraya.

Mariing ipinapaalam ng KNPA na ang sinumang foreigner na maging biktima ng isang krimen ay bibigyan ng tulong ng kapulisan kahit ano pa man ang kanilang immigration status dito sa Korea. Patuloy din nilang uusigin ang sino mang nagkasala sa mga dayuhang naririto sa Korea at itaguyod ang karapatang pangtao ng mga ito.

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