[Summary of policy status and future tasks for migrant artists and
suggestions for future tasks in the report]
(It is written on page 20 of the report)
The legal and policy tasks for migrant artists are summarized as follows.
First, it is necessary to revise regulations related to the status of migrant
artists under the current law. It is necessary to expand the participation of
various cultural subjects and the guarantee of cultural rights by allowing
migrant artists to be included in the application of culture and arts-related
laws such as the 「Framework Act on Culture」, 「Culture and Arts
Promotion Act」, and 「Artists Rights Protection Act」. Of course, in Article 3
of the Act on the Protection of Artists’ Rights, “There seems to be room
for controversy in the interpretation of whether artists who are protected
by the law are limited to ‘citizens’. Therefore, it seems necessary to review
the maintenance such as revision in accordance with the purpose of the
law.
Second, in the case of international human rights treaties that stipulate the
human rights of everyone, including the human rights of foreigners,
discrimination based on nationality is excluded by making “every person”
the subject of the right, almost without exception. And by denying
reciprocity in application, the egalitarianism of domestic and foreign
residents is strictly stipulated. Opportunities must be guaranteed so that
migrant artists can work stably in Korean society by respecting the purpose
of these international treaties. As a representative example, the
qualifications for art support projects, such as the Literary Promotion Fund
contest, should be lowered to 'people who live in Korea and engage in
artistic activities'. Through this, it is necessary to improve the application
qualifications so that migrant artists who do creative activities in Korea can
receive public support.
Third, it is necessary to review the direction in which the visa system for
cultural and artistic sojourn status includes various fields of culture and
arts, including fine arts, and develops in a form that can embrace artists
working in an independent position without an agency. For example,
the establishment of freelancer visas and relaxation of permanent residence
visa requirements can be reviewed. In addition to newly entering the
country from overseas, it is necessary to organize related procedures so
that students from arts and sports departments can enter the field through
various channels, such as when they want to change their occupation to
the field of culture and arts. In addition, it is necessary to review whether
talents in the field of culture and arts are included in the target of
attracting outstanding talents or human resources when establishing
policies for foreigners and international students. Furthermore, if migrants
studying in a domestic university majoring in culture and arts want to
continue their major-related cultural and artistic activities in Korea after
graduation, they need to be able to change their sojourn status in to
culture and arts (D-1) or arts and entertainment (E-6-1), Specially defined
activity status (E7) etc.