It is predicted that this influx of foreigners will help ease the demographic problem caused by the declining birthrate and aging population.
"Population projections from 2022 to 2072" announced by the Korea Statistical Office on the 14th.
According to the report, the number of net international migrants in 2022 and 2023 was 155,000 each. The number of net international migrants is the number of people entering the country minus the number of people leaving the country; the higher the number, the more foreigners there are.
This can be interpreted as an influx into the country. In its previous estimate for 2021, the National Statistics Agency predicted that the number of international net migrants in 2022 would remain at 8,000, but the actual number was 146,000 lower than the estimate.
There was also an influx of people. In addition, while the previous population estimate predicted that 43,000 people would enter the country this year, the latest estimate predicted that more than 110,000 people would enter the country.
The reason why we predicted that the total population from 2023 to 2024 will increase from the previous year, unlike the previous population estimate, is also due to the impact of the influx of foreigners. Is the Korean government in 2021 or 2020?
It was expected that the population would continue to follow a downward curve, but the latest estimates show that the population in 2023 (51,713,000 people) and 2024 (51,751,000 people) will increase compared to the previous year.
I'm predicting. An official from the National Statistics Agency said, ``The total population in 2023 and 2024 is expected to increase slightly due to an increase in the influx of foreigners,'' adding, ``However, from 2025, it is expected to start a downward trend again.''
You can see it," he said. Lim Hyun-il, director of the Population Trends Division at the Statistics Korea, said, ``The number of foreigners entering the country, which has sharply decreased due to the COVID-19 virus outbreak, is on a recovery trend, and the impact of the South Korean government's foreigner inflow policy is increasing.
``If we develop an influx policy that allows foreigners to settle in the country stably, we will be able to alleviate the population decline even a little.''
In fact, the South Korean government has decided to increase the number of foreign workers (E-9) who require employment permits next year to 165,000, the largest number ever. government is industry
In order to respond to the shortage of human resources in the field, the number of E-9 personnel will be increased from 52,000 in 2021 to 69,000 in 2022, and to 120,000 this year. Next year, E-9 personnel will be inducted the most.
The industry that will be employed is the manufacturing industry, with 95,000 people. Furthermore, the South Korean government is hastening the establishment of the Immigration and Immigration Management Agency (tentative name) to handle immigration and immigration policies in order to increase the number of foreigners settling in the country. Immigration/departure
The Immigration Management Agency plays the role of a control tower for resolving population issues at the national level, including attracting foreign workers. Minister of Justice Han Dong-hoon attended the People's Power Policy Assembly.
``We are past the stage where we are thinking about whether or not to implement an immigration policy,'' he said, adding, ``If we do not implement an immigration policy, the fate of the nation disappearing due to population decline is inevitable.''
2023/12/15 07:01 KST
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