Part 2. Stronger protection of human rights of migrants married to Koreans Although the government’s multicultural policy is implemented with focus on migrants married to Koreans, international human rights organizations have expressed continuous concern about the human rights situation of migrants married to Koreans. At present, the number of migrants married to Koreans stands at 211,458, including those naturalized through marriage. This accounts for 16.7% of all aliens in the country. The marriage brokerage structure, which is prone to human rights infringement and problem of migrant women exposed to domestic violence, has emerged as a serious social issue. The Multicultural Families Support Act leaves a lot to be desired concerning the guarantee of solid legal status (status of sojourn) for migrants married to Koreans, which is needed to improve their human rights situation. It has also been pointed out that said law does not cover many migrants since it defines its scope of coverage as a family consisting of an immigrant by marriage and a person who acquired Korean nationality. In 2007, the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women expressed concern about the following situation in Republic of Korea: increase of international marriages prone to human rights infringement, widespread domestic violence, lack of practical remedies against spousal violence, instability with regard to the status of sojourn during the period of remedial procedure, etc. In 2011, said committee proposed the following to the South Korean government: measures taken to prevent domestic violence and removal of all discriminatory clauses regarding requirements for obtaining Korean nationality, such as identification reference from the Korean spouse Part 2. Stronger protection of human rights of migrants married to Koreans 31