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These days, Incheon Airport and its surroundings are deeply shadowed by the recession caused by Corona 19. Subcontractor workers were in danger of being fired, and shops around the airport are closed.

Reporter Hee-won Je has covered Yeongjong-do, who faced the worst recession.

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The winds of the recession caused by Corona 19 came from airline contractors.

More than 50 in-flight cleaning workers who barely endured unpaid leave were notified that they will be laid off next month.

[Kim Chun-Shim / Korean Air subcontractor worker: If you receive 1.8 million won and receive 500,000 won, the cost of living is not negative. Because there are no measures. 'You go out. You have to go out (the company lives). '

Even the head of the 40s, non-regular drivers, who worked at hotels around the airport, haven't caught the wheel.

[Lee Yong-Woo / Paradise City Hotel Driver: I thought that the sky would fall because I told you not to come out tomorrow. Gas bills and utility bills coming out every month There's nowhere to be paid, so what are you going to do with them?]

People were cut off in the surrounding commercial areas.

Despite the peak season in spring, the store is actually closed, so the merchants only sigh.

[Park Young-soon / Incheon Wolmido merchant: I think this is the first time it comes in contact with my skin. I think it's the first time I think it's hard. Customers don't eat out.]

Basically, airlines were directly hit by international restrictions on entry.

Easta Airlines, which has declared the suspension of operations for both international and domestic flights, is unable to pay employees this month's salary, and large airlines are also taking unpaid leave.

However, the impact of the crisis is transferred to subcontractors and non-regular workers in the direct form of hope retirement and dismissal.

Airlines are eligible for special employment applications where the government provides leave allowances to maintain employment, but subcontractors are often excluded.

Workers and small businessmen who are in crisis are calling for Yeongjongdo to be designated as an employment crisis area and to support the vulnerable.

(Video coverage: Han Il Sang, Video editing: Junhee Kim, VJ: Seungmin Han)