US Not the Only Country Offering Amnesty for Illegals

It looks like Korea is looking to handle their own illegal immigration problem with their own version of an amnesty program:

Under the plan, illegal foreign workers would be allowed to stay in the country if their primary school children are “deemed considerably assimilated to life in South Korea,” the ministry said in a statement.

The plan, the ministry aid, “is designed to help children of illegal migrant workers complete at least six years of primary education.”
Even the U.N. Convention on the Rights of the Child guarantees the right to receive education, and the ministry will talk with other government agencies to draw up standards for their stay, a ministry official said.

If the plan is finalized, the government will revise the immigration and other laws, or enact a special law, the official said.

Currently, about 190,000 illegal foreign workers, mostly from Southeast Asian countries, are estimated to be staying in the country. The South Korean government has been cracking down on them since 2004.