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established the Human Rights Guidelines on Migration to advise relevant institutes to
guarantee children of undocumented immigrants access to education and medical care.
The Framework Act on Treatment of Foreigners Residing in the Republic of Korea
in 2007 stipulates that the state and local governments should make every effort to
carry on education and public relations activities or take other necessary measures to
prevent unreasonable discriminations against and protect the human rights of
foreigners, marriage migrants, or their children residing in Korea. In addition, a master
plan for policies on foreigners was formulated to ease discrimination against
foreigners residing in Korea (para. 378-381). However, the foreigners residing in
Korea defined by the Act is only limited to legally residing foreign nationals and does
not cover undocumented immigrants and their families who are illegally staying in
Korea. The State Report does not describe how the Government would prevent
discrimination against undocumented immigrants and their families.
Question
What improvement measures is the Government preparing in order to enhance the
migrant children’s access to education and medical care?
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29. Guaranteeing the Right to Vote of Persons with Disabilities
The Government reports on measures to guarantee the right to vote of persons
with disabilities including the installation of voting boxes that accommodates
persons with disabilities and providing convenient facilities for voting (para. 374).
However, while article 27 of the Act on the Prohibition of Discrimination Against
Disabled Persons, Remedy Against Infringement of Their Rights, Etc. stipulates that
the state and local governments, candidates for public election, and political parties
shall not discriminate against disabled persons when they exercise their political