외국인 유학생 지원 조례의 문제점과 개선방향 : 우수 인재의 정주와 사회통합 관점에서

초록

In the midst of changes in the demographic structure due to the low birth rate and aging population, the number of foreign students reached about 210,000 as of 2024, and it is not simply the subject of education policy, but is noted as a future human resource of Korean society. The purpose of this study is to review the current status of ordinances related to foreign students and analyze problems to suggest ways to improve the ordinances for supporting international students. To this end, domestic literature, central and local government policy documents, media reports, and eight metropolitan and local government ordinances enacted to support foreign students were qualitatively analyzed. As a result of the analysis, the current ordinance has problems such as setting attraction-oriented goals, lack of support for settlement and employment, lack of performance indicators, dependence on the discretion of the head of the local government, limitations on guaranteeing the rights of international students, and lack of exchanges with the local community. With the current international student support ordinance, it is expected that it will be difficult for excellent international students to settle in Korea and integrate the society of indigenous people and these migrants. This study suggested ways to revise ordinances such as specifying employment, suspension, and social integration in purpose regulations, introducing performance indicators and evaluation obligations, establishing anti-discrimination and intercultural exchange provisions, and establishing governance for international students' policy participation. This study is meaningful in laying the legal foundation for foreign students to become equal members of the community by presenting tasks for employment, settlement in Korea, and social integration of indigenous people and migrants, which are essential for overcoming the population crisis and sustainable growth in the cross-section of foreign policy-related laws and ordinances and local autonomy-related laws and ordinances.

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