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Malta becomes first EU country to deport N. Korean workers Updated: 2016-07-28 18:32:07 KST

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According to Maltese government sources who spoke to Yonhap News‚ some 20 North Koreans working in local construction sites and clothing factories left the country in May after local authorities refused to extend their immigration visas that had expired. The local companies that employed the workers‚ Leisure Clothing and Rite Mix‚ have confirmed the workers are gone. The measure comes amid several reports about the hundreds of North Koreans working as state-sponsored slaves in Europe to earn foreign currency for the communist regime. The South Korean government and human rights groups have claimed that the workers are toiling under long hours and abusive treatment‚ with two-thirds of their wages taken away by the communist regime. Three North Korean workers have reportedly disappeared from their workplaces in Malta in the past year‚ all considered to have defected to South Korea. Two escaped from a Pyongyang-run restaurant in Malta last year‚ and one from a local construction site. Among EU member countries‚ Malta is considered to have the closest ties to North Korea‚ with diplomatic relations stretching back to 1971. In related news‚ Hong Kong's Mingpao newspaper reported on Thursday that an 18-year-old North Korean man‚ who participated in the International Mathematical Olympiad held in Hong Kong recently‚ asked the Korean Consulate General in Hong Kong for political asylum. He is currently under temporary protection. The consulate has not yet issued a comment on the situation. In light of these events‚ the South Korean government emphasized on Thursday that the international community's joint efforts and combined pressure on the North will continue to change Pyongyang's "wrong strategies" regarding issues such as its overseas workers. "Various countries have halted the issuance or extension of visas or employment contracts with North Korean workers. Their illegal stays and their crimes are also under investigation." The government confirmed that there were cases in Malta of North Koreans defecting last year‚ but none for this year. Oh Jung-hee‚ Arirang News. Reporter : jhlucyoh@arirang.com

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