However, this fact on surplus is hardly known8, and only the deficit and some abuse cases were reported in the media. 52. The right to health, in a broad sense, include all social determinants of health such as income, education, housing, labor, employment and prohibition of discrimination, beyond the rights to health care service or medical social security system. Therefore, in a view that it is not desirable to take measures that go against the protection of the rights of all migrants who are legally residing in Korea base on some abusive cases, the government should carefully review and supplement the amendments to the Enforcement Decree of the National Health Insurance Act and Enforcement Rule of the National Health Insurance Act. 53. In addition, it is needed to strengthen supervision on the workplaces that are reluctant to provide the mandatory employee insured subscription benefits and to increase the number of workplaces registered as business in agricultural and livestock industry to prevent migrant workers who have entered Korea through the Inter-governmental Memorandum of Understanding on Sending Manpower and currently under the Employment Permit System from working in places where they are not even granted the right to join the health insurance. Issue 11. Expansion of Public Assistance for At-risk Migrants 54. The National Basic Living Security System restricts the scope of migrants who become beneficiaries of the system to marriage migrants and refugees, and even marriage migrants can become beneficiaries only when they perform traditional female roles such as pregnancy, child rearing or supporting lineal ascendants. 55. The Emergency Aid and Support System provides aids for livelihood, medical care, and housing for migrants who have suffered from fire, crime or natural disaster for a certain period without causes attributable to them even if they are not marriage migrants or refugees. However, when both the victim and perpetrator of crime are migrants, the victim is excluded from receiving the support. 56. As the number of migrants residing in Korea increases and types of stay diversify, some of them are becoming homeless. The Act on Support for Welfare and Self-reliance of the Homeless, Etc., prescribes the beneficiary of “Surplus in Foreigner Health Insurance, Abuse case has to be stopped” (13 October 2018. CPBC, Radio, < Open World Today! This is Kim Hyeyoung>) 8 13

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