Gyeonggi-do Foreigners' Human Rights Support Center Signs Agreement to Strengthen Migrant Support System

Promoting Efficiency in Migrant Support Systems
by Integrating Operations of Foreign Resident Support Centers in the Province

The Gyeonggi-do Foreigners' Human Rights Support Center, operated on consignment by Gyeonggi-do, announced on the 7th that it has signed a business agreement with the Gyeonggi-do Foreigners' Welfare Center Directors' Council and the Gyeonggi Regional Multicultural Family Support Center to establish a support system for migrants.

The Gyeonggi-do Foreigners' Human Rights Support Center is taking a commemorative photo with attendees after signing a business agreement with the Gyeonggi-do Foreigners' Welfare Center Directors' Council and the Gyeonggi Regional Multicultural Family Support Center to establish a support system for migrants. Provided by Gyeonggi-do

The Gyeonggi-do Foreigners' Human Rights Support Center is an institution that promotes various projects focusing on four areas: protection of foreign residents' rights, enhancement of their interests, policy development, and network activation.

The 'Gyeonggi-do Foreigners' Welfare Center Directors' Council,' participating in this agreement, is a council formed by welfare support centers for foreign residents operated by nine local governments including Yongin City. It develops and supports policies such as medical support, life counseling, and talent development to help foreign residents settle down. The 'Gyeonggi Regional Multicultural Family Support Center' is an institution that supports education, counseling, employment assistance, child education, and cultural programs to ensure the stable settlement and social adaptation of marriage immigrants and multicultural families. A total of four centers operate within the province.

Until now, migrant support work was operated individually by each institution, limiting effective response. This agreement was prepared to overcome the limitations of the existing system and to comprehensively respond to the diverse and complex needs of migrants.

The main areas of cooperation include ▲establishing a counseling network and developing joint policies ▲strengthening the capabilities of workers ▲conducting joint surveys and forums ▲enhancing the status of institutions and workers.

Through this agreement, the Gyeonggi-do Foreigners' Human Rights Support Center plans to build a 'migration administration platform' that expands functions such as life counseling for migrants, linkage of support projects, and networking, and to transition to the '(tentative name) Gyeonggi-do Foreign Residents Comprehensive Support Center' within the first half of the year.

Kim Won-gyu, Director of the Immigration and Society Bureau of Gyeonggi-do, urged, "I hope that each center will share their individual experiences and regional characteristics with each other and work together with the power of cooperation to lead Gyeonggi-do as an immigrant society."

Gyeonggi-do plans to implement policies that gather migrants' opinions and grow together to create an inclusive immigrant society model that realizes the values of diversity and equality.