"Chasing Money" and "Damaged Health": Korean Men in Australia, Part I, "Amnesty Migrants"

Abstract

This paper is the first of two papers that explore subjective explanations for ill health among Korean migrant men in Australia. The "amnesty" and "skilled" migrants believe they have suffered from physical ill health because of their heavy involvement in manual work and the stress of migrant life. Business migrants say they enjoy better physical health because they spend considerable amounts of time on sporting activities, such as golf. However, all three groups reported experiencing mental health problems. The focus of this paper is Korean "amnesty migrants".