officials to prevent human rights infringement in the course of crackdown.
Ⅵ-2-4. Practical first aid education should be carried out for immigration officials
against any emergency situation that may occur during crackdown.
3. Mitigation of public officials’ notification obligation
A. Current status and problems
• Public officials have the obligation of notifying the Immigration Office without
delay upon discovering undocumented migrants. Such obligation gives rise to
alien-related human rights infringement at the police or administrative agencies.
Some of them are caught as undocumented migrants while trying to report a
traffic accident or crime, or act as eyewitness of an accident or a crime at the
police or other government offices, and such situation prevents them from
receiving protection and support by law or system even when they become
victims of human rights infringement or crime.
B. Domestic norms
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- Concerning the protection of aliens under domestic laws, Article 6
(Effectuation of Treaties and International Laws and Guarantee of
Aliens’ Status) of the Constitution and Article 4 (About Foreigners in
Republic of Korea) of the National Human Rights Commission Act
apply.
- Ref. Article 19 (Freedom of Conscience) of the Constitution; Article 84
(1) (Notification Obligation) of the Immigration Control Act
Human Rights Guidelines on Migration