The number of children attending the school has increased to 837 in 2013, 1,003 in 2014, and 1,278 in 2015. However, the proportion of students who went on to regular schools has decreased to 15.8% in 2013, 10.1% in 2014 and 8.1% in 2015.9 68. Therefore, in order to guarantee the complete education right of migrant children, measures to encourage school age children to go to school have to be actively navigated, including issuing a letter of notification of admission to school, guidance of admission procedures and other means of encouraging admission in connection with immigration offices or residents’ centers. 69. It is also necessary to find a way to increase the enrollment rate of migrant children who have entered Korea in the middle of their studies to regular schools after completing the alternative school. In addition, to enable them to receive Korean language education at regular schools that they go to, measures including securing classroom, preparing curriculum, and dispatching teachers must be considered. 12-4. Protection and Support for Migrant Children 70. Recently, child abuse has become a social issue, and the systems to identify and report child abuse and protect and support abused children have been improved. However, there were cases where migrant children residing in Korea could not receive appropriate protection and adequate support even when they were abused. 71. According to the National Child Protection Agency, 1,217 cases of abuse against migrant children were reported in 2016, which is 3.6 times of 2013. With increasing number of migrants in Korea, it is estimated that the number of migrant children in need of protection and support due to abuse or poverty is also on the rise. 72. On 28 December 2017, the NHRCK recommended that the Immigration Act should be amended to establish a special provision in order to guarantee the right to stay or extend the period of stay for the purpose of providing remedies and recovering damages of abused migrant children, and the Ministry of Justice has replied that it would pursue the revision. Therefore, in order to ensure the stable protection and appropriate support for abused children, the 9 Material requested by the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family through office of members of National Assembly to the Network on Basic Rights of Migrant Child/Juvenile in September 2016 16