The Immigration Control Act of 2012 introduced the ‘Korea Inmigration and Integration Program’ (KIIP) which are related to the education of foreigners who wish to acquire the visa of permanent residence or the nationality. This provoked a criticis...
The Immigration Control Act of 2012 introduced the ‘Korea Inmigration and Integration Program’ (KIIP) which are related to the education of foreigners who wish to acquire the visa of permanent residence or the nationality. This provoked a criticism that it is a wasteful dual support for the multicultural families. Despite dispute about KIIP, the government is pushing the systematization of that program. The purpose of this paper is to analyze the problem of KIIP and to suggest alternatives thorough comparison of KIIP with the programs of Multicultural Family Support Center. Ch. 1 and 2 are dedicated to the analysis of Nationality Act of Korea and the policy for foreign populations since the founding of Republic of Korea. Ch. 3 is devoted to a description of the status of marriage migrants and Ch. 4 handles the process of KIIP. The comparative analysis of KIIP and Korean language education of the Multicultural Family Support Center is given to Ch. 5 and 6. What is necessary is to introduce and implement a policy from the view point of migrant women.