가족이주 정책의 특성과 한국 가족이주 정책 사례 검토

Abstract

Family migration policies tend to be restrictive depending on immigrants’ visa status or socioeconomic status despite the Universal Declaration of Human Rights recognizing that the family is entitled to protection by society and the state. The current study introduced global debates over family migration and investigated the Korean family migration policy. Family migration can influence on immigrants’ social integration in both positive and negative ways. Still, the current Korean family migration policy does not reduce the negative influences of family migration on social integration. Further, the policy might deter immigrants’ social integration by confirming the hierarchies among immigrants in Korea. This study argues that the Korean government should fill gaps in family migration policy, especially for the citizens’ parents, immigrant workers, and children and adolescents with migration backgrounds.