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| Press Release |
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For many years, non-governmental organizations (NGO) have pushed for the right of migrant workers to freely choose employers. This will help eliminate abusive employers by allowing workers to vote with their own feet. We’re calling on the CLA to revamp their policy to incorporate this basic right to better protect migrant workers.  |
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| Press conference to demand the amount of time spent at the shelter not be deducted from the working visa time period in which the migrant worker is entitled to work. |
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| Taiwanese Policy Victimizes Migrant Workers |
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The Council of Labor Affairs states that the victims may not work during the time in which they are being sheltered; yet, the grievance process for these victims take an average of three months to even a year. For many of these victims this long grievance process is detrimental to earning money, as well as the livelihoods of their family back in Vietnam. |
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| The U.S. State Department has released the "Trafficking in Persons Report - 2006" |
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A significant share of foreign workers primarily from Vietnam, Thailand, and the Philippines are recruited legally for low-skilled jobs in Taiwan’s construction, fishing, or manufacturing industries or as domestic servants, and are subjected to forced labor or involuntary servitude by labor agencies or employers upon arrival in Taiwan.... |
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| Love, Marriage and Foreign Brides |
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 (Lu Chien-chi / Taipei Times)
On the second day of the Lunar New Year, it is the custom for married daughters to visit their parents. Some foreign brides married to Taiwanese men are however unable to do so. |
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| Taiwan Takes Bold Legal Aid Initiative |
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 (Jimmy Chuang / Taipei Times )
As demonstrated by the passing of the Legal Aid Law last December and the grand opening of the Legal Aid Foundation on Thursday, Taiwan has become one of the countries in the world that has created institutionalized mechanisms to protect low income earners’ legal rights. |
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| Taiwan’s "20" Policy Thwarts Bride Hunt |
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 (Hiroki Nagamochi / The Asahi Shimbun)
TAIPEI-Alarmed by a surge in young brides arriving from Vietnam for Taiwanese aging bachelors, the government this year set a new "20" policy that states the age difference between spouses should be less than 20 years. Brides also must be at least 20 years old. |
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