Park Jeong-hyun, Buyeo County Governor, Urges Establishment of Immigration Office and Enactment of Immigration Law
Chungnam Mayors and County Governors Council States "Foreign Workers Absolutely Needed to Solve Rural Labor Shortage"
Buyeo County Governor Park Jeong-hyun urged the establishment of an Immigration Office and the enactment of an Immigration Act to secure rural workforce at the Chungnam Mayors and County Governors Council. / Buyeo County Office
View original imagePark Jeong-hyun, the governor of Buyeo County, Chungnam, called for the establishment of an Immigration Agency and the enactment of an Immigration Act to respond to the decline in the rural population and the risk of regional extinction.
At the Chungnam Mayors and Governors Council held at Boryeong Mud Theme Park on the 31st of last month, Governor Park said, “We are promoting various birth and population inflow policies to solve the structural problem of the decline in the agricultural population due to severe aging, but it is insufficient.”
He added, “Regions at risk of population extinction are facing a shortage of manpower across all sectors including agriculture, service industry, medical industry, tourism, and manufacturing,” emphasizing, “Foreign workers are absolutely necessary to solve the rural labor shortage.”
Governor Park pointed out, “Looking at the population changes in the county over the past 20 years, those aged 65 and over increased by 19%, while the agricultural population drastically decreased by 51% to 21,009 people,” and said, “Demand for foreign workers is skyrocketing in all sectors, but local governments lack the legal framework or specialized organizations to respond.”
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He stressed, “The issue of securing labor due to population decline in agriculture and industrial sectors caused by low birth rates and aging must be recognized as a national task,” and emphasized, “The establishment of an Immigration Agency and the enactment of an Immigration Act are urgently needed.”
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