세계화시대에 사회통합을 위한 다문화가족 관련법규의 합리적 개선방안에 관한 연구

Abstract

As a result of globalization, there has been a sudden increase of foreign people and multi-culturefamily has come for Korea to change its unique characteristics as a single-race nation. Thus, the numberof multi-cultural families is increasing in Korea. In the korean society, the number of immigrants and the multi-cultural family have increased throughoverseas employments and international marriage since late 1980. The member of multi-cultural familyhave had bad conditions to adapt themselves to new circumstances because of different language, culture,customs, identity and law etc. Because korean have discrimination against strangers they have experienceddiscrimination on the street and at school because of different skin color, therefore it is very important tohelp multi-cultural family to orient themselves to korean life. Even, many Korean people do not think ofmulti-ethnic families in Korea as Koreans. Therefore consideration and systemic support for the foreign people and the multi-culture family interms of legal policy are in demand. So that “Multi-cultural family Support Act”, etc has been enacted tosupport multi-cultural family in legal system. According to the act to help multi-cultural households andforeigners to adapt to Korean society, korean government must provide the adequate political, social,economic condition, support center for multi-cultural families for multi-cultural family in Korean Society. But, According to the Ministry for Health, Welfare and Family Affairs, more than 50 percent of thefamilies with multi-cultural backgrounds belonged to the lowest income bracket. So that There are still anumber of details to be worked out. The Purpose of this study is to examine and evaluate the “Multi-cultural family Support Act”, thatlegislated for support the multi-cultural family for social unification in the era of globalization and alsoother laws about multi-cultural family. According to the act korean government must provide the adequatesocial and political conditions for multi-cultural family and foreigners living in korea.