Jeonnam Province supports 15 accommodations for foreign seasonal workers... strengthening residential stability

Jeonnam Province is expanding dormitory construction and lodging renovation support to enhance the residential stability and human rights protection of foreign seasonal workers. Jeonnam Province is pushing forward a project to construct and renovate 15 foreign seasonal worker lodgings by this year. Among these, four cities and counties, including Damyang, Haenam, Yeongam, and Muan, are operating dormitories through the "Agricultural Worker Dormitory Construction Project" of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries in 2022, and the province is additionally supporting 11 locations through its own project. Next year, Jeonnam Province plans to invest 3.5 billion won through a national budget bidding project of the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs to build a new dormitory in Jindo County, and will additionally support two locations with its own budget. This year, Jeonnam has been assigned the largest number of foreign seasonal workers in the country, 15,025, ...