By Kim Sue-young
Staff Reporter
The Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission (ACRC) will hold consultations at a foreign workers' shelter in Garibong-dong, Seoul, Sunday about difficulties they face here, a spokesman for the commission said Friday.
The organization will help them resolve problems related to industrial accidents, overdue wages and immigration with lawyers and other experts, the spokesman said.
It will also listen to cases regarding social and legal systems so that it can suggest recommendations for improvements to the government.
As the number of foreign spouses is on the increase, the ACRC will help resolve conflicts triggered by the lack of cultural understanding and language barriers with psychiatrists, he explained.
Regarding these issues, the organization plans to monitor problems through its Web site, www.epeople.go.kr.
The commission has operated the ``on-site complaints desk'' since 2004.
Staff have visited places where foreign workers live and has created several shelters for their welfare nationwide.
In May, officials of the commission met with foreign workers at an industrial complex in Incheon to advise them on legal solutions to work-related problems.
In mid-June, the organization also began to offer services in English, Japanese and Chinese on the Web site for foreigners and children of Korean emigrants who are not fluent in Korean.