북한이탈주민의 지역사회적응과 생활지원 방안

Abstract

Along with multi-cultural families, residents fled from North Korea are also on the rapid increase in our society. The way to settle down the people who fled from North Korea on account of political and economic reasons can be a criterion how we can achieve social union when the north and south of Korea become unified. It is also meaningful as it may be an indication how those people can softly land in South Korean society. At present, the most important issue of the North Korean people residing in South Korea is how they can adapt to the community in South Korea. This thesis was prepared based on the questionnaire to 63 residents fled from North Korea and residing in Gumi City, Gyeongsang-Bukdo. According to the research findings, those 63 people selected Gumi as their residential area by reason of 'a good place to live in' (31.7%). However, some of them replied that the community residents 'seem to be alert just because they are from North Korea' (39.7%). They cited as the most difficult problem 'finding or adapting to new jobs' (50%). As to the matters they want from the community, they pointed out 'offering work opportunity' (52.4%). After all, we need to establish systematic social network within the community to support their finding jobs in order to make them economically independent and feel that they are a member of the community by offering them a social position.. Some of the ways to support those people from North Korea in order to make them settle down South Korean community are suggested as follows: First, we need to establish official support system in connection with their economic adaptation. Second, more intensified medical support is needed for their physical, psychological, and mental health improvement. Third, we need to set up diverse network to ease their difficulty in adapting to the community through local autonomies, the peace preservation police, employment support centers, civil organizations, settlement houses, community accommodation centers, civic groups, religious groups, and so on. In addition, in order to ease the difficulty of the residents fled from North Korea in their adaptation to South Korean community, Fourth, ways to strengthen supporting capabilities of peace preservation police is increasing the number of peace preservation police personnel, securing professinalism, setting up a new role of the peace preservation police and strengthening activities of security cooperation committee etc. we need conceptual change of the community people toward those fled from North Korea as well as two-way communication.