C. Core agenda items for promotion
Ⅰ-1-1. Migrant workers should be informed of the immigration system and
labor laws as well as how to seek remedy before their arrival in the
State of employment in their mother tongues.
Ⅰ-1-2. Migrant workers should be provided with information on the work
conditions, nature of work, industrial accident compensation insurance,
health insurance, etc., at the time of signing an employment contract.
For this, the Korean government should provide the government of the
State of origin with the relevant information.
2. Transparency ensured in the process of dispatch
A. Current status and problems
• During the process of dispatching migrant workers under the Work Permit System,
which includes Korean proficiency test or skills test for certain types of industries,
irregularities or cases of human rights infringement occur frequently; the Korean
government needs to cooperate closely with the governments of the sending states
to put an end to such undesirable practices and shorten the time required for dispatch.
B. Domestic/International norms and realistic cases in major countries
Contents
Domestic
norms
- Concerning the protection of aliens under domestic laws, Article 6
(Effectuation of Treaties and International Laws and Guarantee of
Part 1. Stronger protection of migrant workers’ human rights
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