perspectives on policies for multicultural families and marriage migrant women which had been approached from the perspective of composition, maintenance and reproduction of family. It should strive for the constitutional value of establishment of marriage and maintenance of family life stipulated in Article 36 Paragraph 1 of the Constitution be applied to migrants. 14-3. Policy for Returned Marriage Migrant Women and Children of Multicultural Families Abroad 106. The nationality of marriage migrant women is in the order of China and Korea (59,740, 47.6%), Vietnam (40,479, 31.5%) and Japan (11,892, 9.3%).14 Based on 2016 statistics of the Statistics Korea, it is estimated that one out of five Vietnamese marriage migrant women (about 19.25%) is experiencing family dissolution and the number of divorces with minors accounts for 19% (3,183 cases) of the total divorce, leading to an assumption that at least 3,777 underaged Korean – Vietnamese children have experienced family dissolution.15 107. Among the Vietnamese women returning to their home country, a large number of them returned immediately after family dissolution including divorce (47.3) %; some after staying in Korea as undocumented migrants (22.94%, including 9.68% of deportation); and others are refused or restricted re-entry when they returned to Korea after meeting with families in their home country (9.32%). 108. The problem is that from the early stages of marriage, their activities to adapt to the Korean society including the visit to Multicultural Family Support Center are restricted and they return to their home countries without ending the marriage or receiving legal support through the Danuri Center, etc., and forced to divorce without having the right to child custody. In addition, when they return with their children with Korean nationality, children are experiencing problems regarding legal status, education and health care because their Korean fathers are out of contact or do not provide support. 109. Therefore, the government needs to provide an administrative and judicial support system regarding divorce proceedings and child custody for returning 14 Report on Actual Status to Guarantee Stable Stay of Marriage Migrants by the NHRCK (2017), p.18 15 Symposium on Opening of Legal Counselling Center on Korea-Vietnam Domestic Issues, Can Tho Office in Vietnam, UN Human Rights Policy Center (25 Jan. 2018) 「Current Status and Support Measures for Returning Vietnamese Women and Korean-Vietnamese Children」, p. 52 24

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