I did not take it that serious until I heard the number of illegal immigrants is over thirty thousand in this country and about the problems resulting from this issue. I feel sorry thinking of the foreigners in economically difficult situations and how desperate they are to find jobs and earn money in this far foreign country. Even if so, however, nothing can be a reasonable reason for them to stay here working illegally. There can be no excuse in violating laws. If those cases begin to be overlooked, it would bring so many following problems that we would no longer be able to deal with them.
Instead of leaving them alone, there might be other possible solutions to treat illegal immigrants. What I think of as solutions is as follows: first, the expansion of the permanent residence for foreigners should be considered. The current process to obtain it is too complicated and difficult for foreign workers to follow. So they choose to ignore that and stay illegal. It would be better to let them abide by the regulations with easier ways. Second, it is necessary to make stronger regulations for factory owners not to employ illegal immigrants. There are lots of ways to block them such as imposing heavy fines and business suspension. Then, the owners would be reluctant to employ illegal immigrants and naturally, they also would not try to work illegally.
There are many illegal immigrants who are in severely difficult situations. The government should examine the ways to protect and help them. Not just sticking to obeying the rules and ignoring their difficulties, we have to pay attention to them because their human rights are frequently infringed and this is not only an issue of illegal immigration but also a matter of human rights. Therefore, when we try to stop more illegal immigration from outside and deal with the inner problems at the same time, I believe those problems will be solved little by little.
