Sunday, May 22, 2011

Piotr Plewa

A very intersting paper by Piotr Plewa on the rise and fall of temporary foreign workers policy is briefly outlined here and here.

Saturday, May 14, 2011

Controlling Labor

Martin Ruh's Interview can be watched HERE

Sunday, May 1, 2011

WHO IS A KOREAN?

Who is a Korean.........by Timothy Lee.

ON...FBPI....
"I addressed these issues in the years 2006 and 2008.  In June 2009, the Korean Immigration Service released a report entitled, The First Basic Plan for Immigration Policy, 2008-2012. This 120-page report, in some respects, is a blueprint for a transition to a multicultural society in South Korea, along the lines I have suggested here. It is a very general blueprint, to be sure, but it acknowledges the inexorability of global immigration to South Korea (for non-skilled workers, high skilled workers, foreign spouses, the Korean “Diaspora,” and others), and addresses key issues: social integration, citizenship and naturalization laws/procedures, civic education on multiculturalism, educational policies (K-12), etc. Of course, broadly written policy documents or white papers, may ultimately have little concrete impact. If nothing else, though, the Plan signifies a dramatic, even fundamental, shift in South Korea’s official perspective on immigration: multiculturalism, inclusivity, and integration are key themes running throughout the document.

Read HERE