There are many migrant workers in Taiwan and yet they are very much a minority group. This is reflected in their lack of power and influence. They have not been able to make their voices heard and society as a whole has not paid much attention to their rights.
However, in recent years, there has been an increased focus on the promotion of human rights and labor standards, and Taiwan has made significant progress in this respect.
On Jan. 11, Minister of Labor Hsu Ming-chun (許銘春) said that skilled migrant workers would qualify to apply for permanent residency if they
The idea of allowing migrant workers to become immigrants has become a hot topic in Taiwan.
On Monday last week, the Chinese-language Liberty Times (the Taipei Times’ sister paper) ran a report titled “From migrant workers to new immigrants: Dilemma of an exclusive law or an administrative order.” The report detailed how Minister of Labor Hsu Ming-chun (許銘春) ordered the ministry’s Workforce Development Agency to draft new regulations in this regard. Hsu plans to resolve the nation’s labor shortage by providing migrant workers with a pathway to immigration by administrative order rather than legislation.
It is worth considering that increased