- Busan is with you so that Multicultural family can be happy.
- Our city is promoting various policies to promote social integration by supporting the early settlement and stable living of multicultural families who are not accustomed to living in korea.
Support for stable settlement of multicultural families
1. Operation of Multicultural Family Support Center and Healthy Family·Multicultural Family Support Center
- Status : 14 places ▹ Muliticultural Family Support Center(6), Healthy Family·Multicultural Family Support Center(8)
- Major business : Educational counseling for multicultural families and children, Interpretation·Translation and information provision, Support for capacity building, etc. Providing comprehensive service
- Base center : Namgu Multicultural Family Support Center(Women’s Hall)
2. Korean language education support
- Object : Marriage immigrants, children of mid-arrival immigrants etc.
- Educational institution : Multicultural Family Support Center etc. 16 places
- Operation : 7 courses(children’s learning, local culture, midway immigration, employment, TOPIK
reading&listening&writing )
※ Partial support for korean textbooks for korean language education operating institutions every year
3. Multicultural Family interpretation&translation service support
- Object : Individuals or institutions such as multicultural families and foreign residents
- Contents : Communication support necessary for family and life
- Operating institution : Multicultural Family Support Center 11 places(Vietnamese)
4. Emergency medical service support
(1) Expansion of medical interpretation support
- Object : Foreigners and multicultural families who do not speak korean
- Contents : Interpretation when using medical institutions
- Language : 16 languages (English, Chinese, Vietnamese, Mongolian, Thai etc.)
(2) Emergency medical expenses support
- Object : Marriage immigrant women and children before acquiring nationality, Foreign workers and their children, Refugee etc.
- Contents : Hospitalization, surgery, and related pre- and post-action etc. (Implementing agency : 6 hospitals)
5. Establishment of emergency support system for marriage immigrant women
(1) Migrant Women’s Shelter : 1 place (Provision of accommodation, counseling·treatment and departure support within 2years etc.)
(2) Emergency Support Center(Danuri call Busan Center) : 1 place(☎1577-1366)
- Support area : Busan, Ulsan, Gyeongnam 3 regions
- Supported languages : China, Vietnam, Philippines, Cambodia Russia etc. 13 languages
- Contents : 24hours Hot-Line, Prevention of domestic violence, Protection facility connection, interpretaion support etc.
6. Living convenience support for marriage immigrants
(1) International Express Fee(EMS) discount : Post office affiliated busan regional post office
- Contents : When marriage immigrants send mail(parcel) to their home country, 10% discount on international express fare▹Bringing an alien registration card or family relationship certificate
(2) Overseas remittance bank fee discount : Busan bank
- Contents : Overseas remittance fee waived, exchange rate 80%(USD, JPY) preferential
▹Bringing an alien registration card or family relationship certificate
(3) Disaster safety information multilingual service provision
- Provision of disaster safety information by the Ministry of the Interior and Safety App (Emergency Ready App): Providing emergency disaster text in english and chinese
- Busan Foundation for International Cooperation Global Center home page: quarantine rules, corona virus infected person route etc. 6 languages(korean,english,chinese,vietnamese,indonesian,russian) providing
- Busan Living Guide APP (Life in Busan): Providing disaster safety text in 6 languages(korean,english,chinese,vietnamese,indonesian,russian)
Reinforcement of family capacity through customized support
1. Strengthening family unit counseling
- Object : Multicultural family member
- Contents : Counseling support related to Improving relationships between multicultural family’s couples·parents·children and family conflict etc.
- Inquiry : 14 places Multicultural Family Support Center and Integration Center
2. Cultivation of gender equality·human right awareness
- Object : Multicultural family member
- Contents : Gender equality education, Education for improving human rights sensitivity etc.
- Inquiry : 14 places Multicultural Family Support Center and Integration Center
3. Support package program for marriage immigrants by settlement stage
- Object : Married immigrants who have lived in korea for 3-5years or more etc.
- Contents : Future design program(find the future)
- Inquiry : 14 places Multicultural Family Support Center and Integration Center
4. Comprehensive health checkup support for low-income multicultural families
- Time : July-August
- Participation : 100 low-income multicultural families
- Examination institution : KOREA MEDICAL INSTITUTE(KMI) Busan Center
- Inquiry : Multicultural Family Support Department in each district
Expansion of social and economic advancement
1. Vocational education and training courses for marriage immigrants
- Object : Marriage immigrant woman
- Contents : Education and training course of occupation the demand for job openings is high while It
is possible for marriage immigrant to be linked to employment
※ Hotel room manager, Organization storage expert, Korean cook, Group catering staff. - Operation : Women’s New Work Center 4 places(☎1544-1199)
2. Support for marriage immigrant internship
- Object : Marriage immigrant woman registered job research
- Contents : Corporate internship connection, subsidy payment
- Operation : Women’s New Work Center 11 places(☎1544-1199)
3. Professional qualification acquisition process by district
- Object : Marriage immigrant woman
- Contents : Certificate acquisition process for employment and start-up
- Operation : Multicultural Family Support Department in each district
4. Educational achievement support for marriage immigrants
- Object : Marriage immigrant woman
- Contents : Operate elementary, middle, and high school qualification exam training classes
- Inquiry : Seo-gu, Dong-gu, Busanjin-gu, Buk-gu Multicultural Family Support Center
Fostering future talents & Growth of children supporting
1. Cultural Mentoring for university students and children of multicultural families
- Object : Children of multicultural families, university students living in Busan(Koreans, international students)
- Operation : Composed of Multicultural children and college students(korean 1, international student 1)in one team, Cultural experience and career counseling
- Inquiry : Busan Foundation for International Cooperation (☎711-6845)
2. Corporate-sponsored business
(1) Good START business
- Support for education of children’s visiting study papers, Mother Box/Education Box/Strong Box supporting, Emergency assistance(Medical or living support) etc.
- Inquiry : Multicultural Family Support Department in each district
(2) Child of migrant family integrated support business
- Learning Support 1:1 Mentoring, Parent-child relationship improvement program, Parent-child soccer class
- Inquiry : Multicultural Family Support Department in each district
3. Multilingual storybook support
- Contents : Bilingual children’s books are available and rented in Multicultural Family Support Center
- Inquiry : Busan Women’s and Family Division(☎888-1544)
4. Multicultural Daddy School Operation
- Object : Multicultural family father and elementary school children
- Contents : Various experiential activities and communication programs
- Inquiry : Busan Women’s and Family Division(☎888-1541)
Increase multicultural acceptance
1. Visiting marriage immigrants connecting business
- Contents : Foster marriage immigrant women as region community activist, Promotion of multicultural-friendly activities to visit schools and kindergartens, etc.
- Recruitment qualifications : marriage immigrants, living in korea for 2years or more, TOPIK level 4 or higher, college graduates or higher
- Operation : Multicultural Family Support Center 14 places
2. Promotion of multicultural understanding education
- Object : Public officials, ordinary citizens, facility workers, marriage immigrants
- Contents : Multicultural Society, Special Lecture on multicultural sensitivity enhancement
- Inquiry : Busan Women’s and Family Division(☎888-1544)
3. Multicultural family·Exchange·Communication Space Operation
- Contents : Utilization of community among multicultural families, Operation of open spaces with
local communities
- Self-help group support, Child growth support program operation etc. - Operation : Multicultural Family Support Center 3 places(Buk-gu, Haeundae-gu, Saha-gu)
4. The 16th Busan Global Citizen’s Festival(Global Gathering)
- Object : Foreign residents and general citizens who living in Busan
- Contents : Festival of harmony through exchange and communication between foreign residents and
Busan citizens
- Pre-ceremonial performance, Opening ceremony, Sister city invitation performance, Cultural experience booth operation etc.
Multicultural family present condition
November 1st, 2019 criteria
| section | total | marriage immigrant | children | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| subtotal | male | female | nationality unacquired | nationality acquired | |||||||||||
| sum | male | female | sum | male | female | sum | male | female | sum | male | female | ||||
| sum |
25,127 |
7,897 |
17,230 |
13,255 |
1,889 |
11,366 |
7,257 |
1,188 |
6,069 |
5,998 |
701 |
5,297 |
11,872 |
6,008 |
5,864 |
| Jung-gu |
361 |
104 |
257 |
239 |
38 |
201 |
142 |
20 |
122 |
97 |
18 |
79 |
122 |
66 |
56 |
| Seo-gu |
778 |
227 |
551 |
444 |
58 |
386 |
229 |
29 |
200 |
215 |
29 |
186 |
334 |
169 |
165 |
| Dong-gu |
880 |
269 |
611 |
506 |
83 |
423 |
255 |
36 |
219 |
251 |
47 |
204 |
374 |
186 |
188 |
| Yeongdo-gu |
1,060 |
311 |
749 |
565 |
61 |
504 |
288 |
33 |
255 |
277 |
28 |
249 |
495 |
250 |
245 |
| Busanjin-gu |
2,295 |
705 |
1,590 |
1,209 |
150 |
1,059 |
679 |
94 |
585 |
530 |
56 |
474 |
1,086 |
555 |
531 |
| Dongnae-gu |
1,237 |
371 |
866 |
641 |
74 |
567 |
362 |
49 |
313 |
279 |
25 |
254 |
596 |
297 |
299 |
| Nam-gu |
1,811 |
589 |
1,222 |
889 |
125 |
764 |
501 |
88 |
413 |
388 |
37 |
351 |
922 |
464 |
458 |
| Buk-gu |
2,098 |
643 |
1,455 |
1,044 |
104 |
940 |
508 |
49 |
459 |
536 |
55 |
481 |
1,054 |
539 |
515 |
| Haeundae-gu |
2,594 |
977 |
1,617 |
1,326 |
309 |
1,017 |
789 |
224 |
565 |
537 |
85 |
452 |
1,268 |
668 |
600 |
| Saha-gu |
3,081 |
926 |
2,155 |
1,651 |
194 |
1,457 |
855 |
110 |
745 |
796 |
84 |
712 |
1,430 |
732 |
698 |
| Geumjeong-gu |
1,464 |
446 |
1,018 |
789 |
110 |
679 |
438 |
60 |
378 |
351 |
50 |
301 |
675 |
336 |
339 |
| Gangseo-gu |
1,176 |
366 |
810 |
608 |
98 |
510 |
369 |
69 |
300 |
239 |
29 |
210 |
568 |
268 |
300 |
| Yeonje-gu |
1,042 |
344 |
698 |
521 |
78 |
443 |
309 |
50 |
259 |
212 |
28 |
184 |
521 |
266 |
255 |
| Suyeong-gu |
1,180 |
413 |
767 |
638 |
143 |
495 |
384 |
102 |
282 |
254 |
41 |
213 |
542 |
270 |
272 |
| Sasang-gu |
2,721 |
790 |
1,931 |
1,475 |
168 |
1,307 |
749 |
111 |
638 |
726 |
57 |
669 |
1,246 |
622 |
624 |
| Gijang-gun |
1,349 |
416 |
933 |
710 |
96 |
614 |
400 |
64 |
336 |
310 |
32 |
278 |
639 |
320 |
319 |
※ Saha-gu > Sasang-gu > Haeundae-gu > Busanjin-gu > Buk-gu > Nam-gu > Geumjeong-gu > Gijang-gun
※ 2019, Local government foreign resident status (Ministry of Government Administration and Home Affairs approval statistics)
