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Emigration Act

Main Region

First Region

Republic of Korea
Migrant workers
1991-12-14
National
Law, Act

Second Region

This Act, as amended until 1991-12-14, has the express purpose to encourage emigration. For policy reasons, emigration from certain areas may, however, be prohibited. The Act establishes a Committe for Deliberation on Policies of Overseas Emigrations. The Ministry for Foreign Affairs may decide to subsidize emigrants' travel expenses. Agencies for emigration must be licensed on conditions prescribed in a Presidential Decree. Violations against the Act are criminally sanctioned.

Entry dates region

    Date of entry into force
    1962-03-09
    Initial text

Serial region

    Serial title
    Photocopy
    Page range
    4 p.