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conferences on the survey results where the members of the Monitoring Group
participated as presenters in Daegu (Nov. 12), Busan (Nov. 13), Gwangju (Nov. 14),
and Seoul (Dec. 15). On December 18, the NHRCK recommended that relevant
government agencies establish, and implement institutional improvement measures
to secure the rights of the elderly to information.
D. Monitoring Group on the Implementation of the Guidelines on
the Human Rights of Migrants with the Emphasis on Marriage
Migrant Families
The Guidelines on the Human Rights of Migrants that the Commission recommended
to related government authorities in February 2012, include the category of strengthening
the human rights protection of marriage migrants. In addition, the survey on the current
human rights conditions of migrant children in changing family status in 2013 showed
that migrant children, including those who were born and raised in Korea and born
outside of Korea but later raised in Korea, are in poor human rights situations due
to the change in their family status such as international marriage and divorce.
With the aim of examining the difficulties faced by marriage migrant families and
raising the public awareness on the issue, the Commission organized the Monitoring
Group on the Implementation of the Guidelines on the Human Rights of Migrants
and collected cases in 2014.
According to the monitoring, marriage migrant families have a number of difficulties
such as economic vulnerability, inaccurate or false information, the lack of sincerity
in marriage, the lack of understanding due to different cultural backgrounds, difficulty
in language communication, physical or verbal abuse, conflicts among family members,
child related issues, adultery, spouses who run away, or difficulties following divorce,
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II. Major Activities of the Commission