The Commission considered that the recommendation would prevent industrial
accidents by strengthening preparedness of foreign workers against industrial accidents and
would continuously stress responsibility for industrial safety and health on the part of the
employers.
21) Recommendation to Improve the Rights of Migrant Children to Education
In order to reinforce the rights to education of migrant children, who are socially
vulnerable in Korean society, the Commission recommended in December 2010 to the
Minister for Education, Science and Technology that migrant children's access to public
education and teaching of Korean language in the public education system must be
improved.
The Commission concluded that in order to strengthen migrant children's access to
public education, various measures should be taken, such as reinforcing the Korean
language education in the public system, providing information on school in migrant
children's native languages, and prohibiting schools from rejecting migrant children's
admission to school or their transfer of schools. The Commission also deemed that in order
to prevent migrant children's drop-outs, measures and remedies for discrimination and
human rights violations against them should be strengthened and standards and principles
of placing them to appropriate levels should be applied. Moreover, the Commission
decided that crackdowns on migrant children and their parents and the forced deportation
system, as well as the regulations requiring public officials to report undocumented
workers should be amended in order to create a stable education environment for migrant
children.
22) Opinion on Racial Comments on the Internet Contents
The Commission believed that although Korea is fast transforming into a multicultural
society with an influx of migrants into the country, there is a lack of social efforts to
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