Abstract
This study focuses on the production and construction of ‘illegal’ migration, including the migration process of undocumented migrants, through participant observations and in-depth interviews with migrants from Mongolia, Kazakhstan, Russia and Tajikistan. The production of ''illegal'' migration occurs on two levels. One is Korea’s continuous migrant worker control policy and the other is various illegal residence strategies of migrants using loopholes in the receiving country''s legal residence and human rights guarantee system. Undocumented migrants naturally enter the migrant community through social networks with existing migrants. These spaces can be said to be a transnational arena that transcends the ambiguous boundaries between legal/illegal created by the state. They aspire to a ‘better life’ similar to that of Korean society while adapting to the more structured and efficient Korean system than in their home country. However, at the same time, this trend is contrary to and contradictory to Koreas (im)migration policy, which is constantly trying to control and limit ‘illegal’ (im)migration.
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