South Korea

• Author: Joint Research Centre (European Commission)
• Pages: 310-311

SOUTH KOREA

2005

Imm Emi

2010

Imm Emi

2015

Imm Emi

2019

Imm Emi

O:1963

EU:77

O:483

EU:3

O:2225

EU:85

O:917

EU:3

O:1139

EU:4

O:1999

EU:91 O:1159

EU:4

O:2077

EU:99

2016

2017

2018

2019

59%

58%

54%

51%

19%

19%

20%

18%

18%

18%

21%

24%

Work Family Educat. Other

>100

90-99

80-89

70-79

60-69

50-59

40-49

30-39

20-29

10-19

<10 2178

2536

3604

3758

4252

4232

2985

1530

525

4

9

2063

2350

3194

3439

4078

4210

3151

1914



1002



170

M F

Orderedtoleave Returned

other(O)

EU

Population

2019

DEMOGRAPHY[inthousands](

UNDESA

)

MIGRATION[inthousands](

UNDESA

)

ASYLUMINEU[1stinstance](

Eurostat

) RESIDENCEPERMITSINEU(

Eurostat

)

IRREGULARMIGRATIONINEU(

Eurostat

)

SouthKorea

AtlasofMigration-onlineversion2020.1KnowledgeCentreonMigrationandDemography,©EuropeanUnion,2020

Longterm

non-EUcountry/territory

SouthKorea

Migrationinnon-EUcountries&territories

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Migration

2000

2005

2010

2015

2019

2016 2017 2018 2019

33%

67%

33%

67%

33%

67%

33%

6

7% 15201530

Firsttimeapplications

Firstinstancedecisions

2016

2017

2018

2019

100%

100%

67%

67%

33%

33%

20

35

15

10

AsylumEU

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

M F

Geneva Subsid. Human. Reject.

2016

2017

2018

2019 200

210

280

360

Personsfoundtobeillegallypresent

2016

2017

2018

2019

Irreg.EU

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

75510

75270

45410

30360

15%

28%

11%

8%

Personsorderedtoleave,personsreturnedandreturnrate

Population(2019) 51225

180

3196

1700

Refugeesfrom/withinthecountry/territory&IDPs(2019)

Fromthecountry:

Withinthecountry:

REFUGEESANDIDPs(

UNHCR,UNWRA,IDMC

)

Refugees(EU)

Refugees

Refugees(other)

IDPs

Refugees

2019

Populationchange(2019-2030)

[mediumfertilityvariantscenario]

-0.1%

Res.Perm.EU

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

MAPANDFLAGFORILLUSTRATIVEPURPOSESONLY

2019

19%26%34%22%

Validresidencepermitsattheendoftheyear

18356

70929

Val.Perm.EU

2019

Firstresidencepermitsissuedduringtheyear

21084

20642

18869

18862

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DEMOGRAPHY [in thousand] (UNDESA)

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