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| Unacceptable: No Protection, No Enforcement, No Rest |
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Though inhumane and illegal, workers are not permitted any respite. Even when exhausted, workers are compelled to continue working every day of the week, their well-being, health, and mental state-of-mind trampled upon  |
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| Press Conference On "Slaves Labor, Human Trafficking" |
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....The workers said that the employer treated them with inhuman and slave like behavior. Confiscating important documents is an act of mental and psychological control. It is gravely heavier than the chains utilized to chain slaves of the 19th and 20th century. |
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| Foreign laborers are scapegoated |
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The rash decision by the Council of Labor Affairs (CLA) to deregulate the “3D” industries — dirty, difficult and dangerous — has meant that many foreign laborers have chosen to run away and become illegal fugitives after waiting in vain for new employers. |
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| Foreign workers are not criminals: groups |
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"How can we ask the international community to care about Taiwan if we cannot give proper attention to foreign workers’ educational and labor rights," said Joanna Lei, a legislator from the opposition Kuomintang caucus. "We should ask why they ran off instead of treating them like criminals." |
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| PRESS RELEASE: Release of the TIP Report 2007 |
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VMWBO has two main reactions to the removal of Taiwan from the Tier 2 Special Watch List: The Report places too much emphasis on the increased detection and attempted prosecution of traffickers as well as on action plans and draft legislation. It fails .... |
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| Migrant Laborer Fall Victim to Human Trafficking |
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Taiwan is currently labeled as a Tier 2 Watch List country in the United States Department of State 2006 Trafficking in Persons Report. Although the government claims that efforts are being made to eliminate human trafficking; many migrant workers continue to fall victim to human right abuses. |
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| Tainan’s Massive Labor Trafficking and Rape Case |
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... the elderly man demanded that she performed sexual acts for him, otherwise his son will not find her work. Mai began to describe how the broker systematically beats, rapes and forces the women under his care. He threatens them with immediate repatriation ... |
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| The Shelter of Compassion |
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The residents live together as a big extended family. They share laughter as well as tears: stories about their ordeal, their life as an worker in a foreign land. Thank goodness that we still have laughter to share with each other. |
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| Dao Thi Quynh: a Survivor’s Story: From Temporary Work to Trafficking |
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 (Ha-Thanh Nguyen)
From a distance, it is hard to imagine that the same young girl who loves to sing along to Phi Nhung songs while drifting off to sleep next to me, chatters away about her lifelong dreams of opening up an orphanage for homeless children in Vietnam, and gets excited about eating pizza is the same young woman who has endured a type of pain and suffering most of us will never encounter in all of our lives. |
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| A Call for Help |
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Nguyen Thi Lan* came to Taiwan June 2004 to work as a live-in caregiver. Her husband was diagnosed with a terminal illness so she had to leave him and her children behind to earn money for his treatment. Lan’s employer in Taiwan suffered a stroke that left him partially paralyzed. Her responsibility included waking up at 5am to tend to Mr. Chang’s* needs, as well as cooking, cleaning, and other duties. Lan’s workday usually ends at 8pm when she puts Mr. Chang to bed. On weekends, Lan usually helps out at Mrs. Chang’s restaurant during the day. |
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| International Advocacy Campaign for Dao Thi Quynh |
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Dao Thi Quynh came to Taiwan December of 2003 to work as a domestic helper at the age of 18. Her family borrowed from the bank and mortgaged their home to pay Tracimexco, a governmental employment agency, US$1000 for the process. Unbeknown to her, Quynh has unwittingly become another victim trafficked into Taiwan under the guise of “caretaker”. |
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