Multicultural Family andSupporting Policy for
Marriage Immigrant in Korea
2010. 10. 2Cho, Hwa Sung
Research Fellow at CWPDICONTENTS
Ⅰ. Introduction

Ⅱ. Multicultural Family and Its Current
Sit tiSituation

Ⅲ. SupportingSi
Policyli ffor M
Marriagei
IImmigranti
Ⅳ. Conclusion
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Ⅰ IntroductionⅠ.
• Since 2005,
2005 immigration in Korea has shown aclear increasing trend because of women maritaliimmigrantsi• Three factors seem to initiate recently increase ofwomen marital immigrantsㆍ New Typeyp of International Marriage:g A Largeg Influxof Marriage Immigrants
ㆍ Change of Immigration Policy from Indifference toIntegration
ㆍ Flourish of International Marriage Business
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Ⅰ IntroductionⅠ.
• ‘Multicultural
Multicultural Family
Family’ became an importantdiscourse and policy agenda in the provincesㆍ ‘Multicultural‘M lti lt l FFamily’
il ’ definedd fi d a new ttype off family
f ilthrough international marriage, qualified a couple
off KoreanKandd foreigner
f iㆍ International marriage dominated in the provinces’marriage pattern, making
k theh ddemographic
h map
more multi‐national
ㆍ Supporting program for multicultural family
consented in the local community
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Ⅰ Introduction
Ⅰ.
• Review
R i ththe C
Currentt G
Governmentt P
Policyli
ㆍ The government policy for multicultural family
deserved to be named ‘multicultural policy’?
ㆍ Supporting program for domiciled foreign
women stigmatize them as the poor?
ㆍ Koreans
Koreans’ mind being changed toward multi
multi‐
national and cultural direction?
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Ⅱ. Multicultural Familyy and Its
Current Situation

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1 Some Statistics about Multicultural Family
1.

• The Total Number of Registered Foreigners(Domiciled Foreigners)(Unit: person)
total

1,139,283

foreign

Koreancitizenshipcitizenship

920,887 (80.8%)

96,461 (8.5%)

children

121,935 (10.7%)

source: Ministry of Government Administration and Home
Affairs (2010.1.1)• The Ratio of registered foreigners is 2.3%
2 3% to thetotal Korean population
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1 Some Statistics about Multicultural Family
1.

• NumberN b off Foreign
F i Citi
Citizenshiphi bby RResidence
idStatus(Unit: person)
total

920 887
920,887

foreignmarriagelaborimmigrant

558,538

125,087

80,64650,251

106,365(49.0%)(11.0%)(7.1%)(4.4%)(9.3%)

student

Overseas
Koreanotherssource: Ministry of Government Administration and Home
Affairs (2010.1.1)(2010 1 1)

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1 Some Statistics about Multicultural Family
1.

• Concept of ‘Multicultural Family’:Family’ A New
Type of Family, formed by international
marriage that Korean married foreigner• Compared to other immigrants, women marital
immigrants havehb
becomethehmost importantpp
policyy target
g because theyy residepermanently and give birth to the Korean child
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1 Some Statistics about Multicultural Family
1.

• Distribution
Di t ib ti off marriagei
iimmigrantitb
byNationality
female immigrants

malel immigrants
iit(unit : case)

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1 Some Statistics about Multicultural Family
1.
• The Long Term Prediction of Marriage Immigrants InPopulation

9 Bar graph: Number of Marriage Immigrants (unit: person)
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1 Some Statistics about Multicultural Family
1.
• The trend of increase of marriage immigrants
will continue because of the falling birthrate,
the aging society, and globalization• In 2050, ratio of marriage immigrants and theirchildren would be predicted over 5% in theKorean population, which means the Koreansociety would become ‘multicultural society’
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‐ Human Rights Violation in The Process of InternationalMarriage
ㆍ Commercialization of marriage through the involvementof marriage agencies

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2 The Plights and Challenge of Marriage Immigrants
2.
• At marriage meeting : the Korean man picks up a
bride among many Vietnamese women• Right to choose spouse gives to the Korean man,unilaterally• Only two hours taken to choose spouse, pushed byinternational matchmaking companyChungcheongnam‐do Women's Policy Development Institute14

2 The Plights and Challenge of Marriage Immigrants2.
• A ggroupp weddingg : the next
day of marriage meeting• 3 or 4 days of honey moonfollows after wedding
ceremony in Vietnam• False information and shortcourse marriage give cause
for conflict and divorce ofmulticultural family

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2 The Plights and Challenge of Marriage Immigrants
2.

‐ Discord in family life,
life Social Exclusion
Exclusion, and SocialPrejudiceㆍ Lack of inter‐culturalinter cultural communication,communication and conflictin family life
ㆍ Low income and lack of job training participation:
the stratum of more than a million won ~ lesstthene ttwoo milliono wono holds
o ds 38.4%;
38 %; tthee ststratum
atu oofmore less than a million won holds 21.3%
g of familyy income)(a monthlyy average
ㆍ Discriminative treatment and prejudice against
multicultural family
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2 The Plights and Challenge of Marriage Immigrants
2.

‐ Problems
P bloff Child C
Care andd Education
Ed ti
ㆍ Linguistic and intellectual retardation ofmulticultural familyfamily’ss children
ㆍ Discriminative treatment in school and societysociety,
due to the differences in appearance and wayof speaking

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Ⅲ. Supportingpp
g Policyy for Marriage
gImmigrant

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1 Multicultural Policy of The Korean Government
1.

‐ Step‐by‐stepSt b t P
Policyli bby Lif
LifetimetiCCyclel
ㆍ Stage of Marriage Preparation
ㆍ Stage of Forming Multicultural Family
ㆍ Stage of Raising Childㆍ Stage of Educating Childㆍ Stage of Advancement in Multicultural Family’s
Family sCompetenceㆍ The Situation of Dissolution of Family
ㆍ Every Stage of Lifetime Cycle
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2. Local Government Countermeasures in Chung‐nam
Province‐‐‐‐‐

Supporting Project for Foreign Labor’s
Labor s Adaptation
Survey on the Living Condition of Registered Foreigners
Establishment of ‘Supporting
ppg Center for Multicultural Family’
yHome‐visit Education Program for Multicultural Family
Supporting the Nurture Expenses for Multicultural Family’s
Infant and Child‐ Interpretation and Translation Service for Marriage Immigrants‐ Legal
L l Advice
Ad i ffor M
Multiculturalli ll FFamily
il‐ Exhibition for Multi‐nation and Multi‐cultural Festival‐ Operating ‘Committee
Committee of Multicultural Policy’
Policy , asDeliberative Organ for Multicultural Policy in the Local
Government
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3. Some Programs in Supporting Center for Multicultural
Family‐ Organization Chart of ‘Supporting
Supporting Center for
Multicultural Family’
Director of Center
solution committee

Manageradvisory committee

steering committee

Program for Multicultural

Program for Home‐

Program for language

Program for Interpretation

Familyvisit

developmentand Translation

ㆍHome‐visit guidanceㆍCounselor

counselorㆍLanguage guidanceㆍTranslator and Interpretor

ㆍManagers of cases

ㆍKorean language

counselorㆍSupporters

lecturer

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3. Some Programs in Supporting Center for MulticulturalFamily‐ Program in Supporting Center for MulticulturalFamily
ㆍ Basic Program : Korean language education, Education
for family integration and understanding of multiculturalsociety,i t supportingti ffor employment
lt andd businessb i
off
multicultural family
ㆍSpecialized Program : bilingual school,
school translation andinterpretation service, parents‐in‐law’s self‐dependence
meeting translator and interpretermeeting,interpreter’ss self‐dependence
self dependence
meeting
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3. Some Programs in Supporting Center for Multicultural
Family‐ Program in Supporting Center for Multicultural
Familyㆍ Home‐visit Program : Korean language education
service, pregnancy and delivery service
ㆍ Operating the information center about child rearing,Multicultural family’s volunteer work, enhancement ofmulticulturalli ll perception
i among citizens,ii
strengthening of domiciled foreign women’s network
i llocall societyini t

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3. Some Programs in Supporting Center for Multicultural
Family‐ Rainbow Choir, consisted of multicultural family’s children
Visiting Performance at Vietnam
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3. Some Programs in Supporting Center for Multicultural
Family‐ Exhibition of Multicultural Foods
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3. Some Programs in Supporting Center for Multicultural
Family‐ Education of the Korean Culture,
M ki paper doll
Makingd ll
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3. Some Programs in Supporting Center for Multicultural
Family‐ Club Activity of Orally Narrated Fairy Tale,
Performance at kindergarten
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3. Some Programs in Supporting Center for Multicultural
Family‐ Club Activity of the Korean Traditional Culture,
A Fan Dance
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3. Some Programs in Supporting Center for MulticulturalFamily‐ Job Training,g, Haircut and Beautyy Care
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3. Some Programs in Supporting Center for MulticulturalFamily‐ Farming Activity, Harvesting Potato
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Ⅳ Conclusion
Ⅳ.

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1 The Features of the Korean Multicultural Policy
1.
‐ Assimilation or Multiculturalism?

ㆍ Dichotomy between assimilation and multiculturalism about
the Korean immigration policy does not reflect the reality
ㆍ An appropriate definition of the Korean immigration policy issocial integration policy, which mixes assimilative andmulticultural measures‐ Fairness or Familism?

ㆍ Marriage immigrants have not been excluded so much asaccepted as residents of the local communityㆍ The acceptance of immigrants seems to be based uponfamilism rather than fairness
ㆍ Alternative marriage for the Korean men and reproduction ofKorean family
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2 Some Comments on the Future Development2.

‐ Policy Changeㆍ From supporting program to economic self‐reliance;
employmentp yand job
j trainingg
ㆍ Nurturing multicultural family’s child as global humanresourceㆍ Reinforcing
R i f i multicultural
lti lt l communicationi ti amongfamily members‐ Society Change For Korean Dreamㆍ American Dream as fair opportunity
ㆍ Korean Dream under the current situation;lack of equal treatment, stigmatized as the poorㆍ Development of local inter‐culturalism between citizens andforeign residents
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