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News | Control Yuan Urges Reform of Foreign Caregiver Training and Rights

2024/06/02
The Ministry of Health and Welfare requires that sputum suction be performed by medical personnel, but a Filipino caregiver in New Taipei City was asked to perform this task.

News | Indonesian Migrant Workers Urge End to Exploitative Brokerage System

2024/05/26
Indonesian migrant workers have repeatedly reported exploitation by brokers, with some paying over NT$500,000 in fees before coming to Taiwan.

News | Tainan Police Arrest Missing Migrant Worker, Angrily Kick Him 5 Times

2024/05/21
Last night at around 10 PM in Tainan, a missing Vietnamese migrant worker, who refused to stop for a police check, accelerated, crashed, and then fled.

News | Rejecting Secret Talks: Call for Transparency in Taiwan-US Trade

2024/05/10
Statement from CCMTUSTI21C on the Need for Transparency in Taiwan-US Trade Negotiations

News | Taiwan Workers March for Change: Demanding Labor Law Reforms

2024/05/03
On May Day 2024, Taiwan saw a massive labor march, with nearly 4000 workers taking to the streets from Ketagalan Boulevard, chanting "No Honeymoon for Continuous Governance, Parliament Must Reform

News | Human Rights Groups Call for MOU Review, Advocate for Direct Hiring Between Countries

2024/04/30
The government's plan to bring in Indian migrant workers, which was signed in a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with India in February, has completed legislative review and was sent to the Legisl

News | Vietnamese Worker Falls from 21st Floor, Dies After Hospitalization

2024/04/21
A Vietnamese migrant worker fell from the 21st floor of a construction site on Wuguwang North Street, Sanchong District, New Taipei City, this morning, and suffered fatal injuries upon impact with

News | **Press Release** India's Blue-collar Workers Still Not Admitted, Kenyan White-collar Workers Suffering in Modern Slavery!

2024/04/14
Ministry of Labor Turns Blind Eye, Who's Complicit in Forced Labor, Central or Local Authorities? Serve the People Association

News | Risks and difficulties faced by migrant workers in child care

2024/03/30
What challenges do migrant workers face in childcare? Are their children at a higher risk of abuse than Taiwanese kids?

News | Ministry to Protect Rights of Pregnant Migrant Workers

2024/03/24
Recently in Taipei, there have been two major cases reported involving child protection issues. It's been said that both cases involve children of missing migrant workers.

News | Meeting over MOU on migrant fishers' rights ends in stalemate

2024/03/10
Taipei, March 1 (CNA) A meeting between Indonesian union leaders and Taiwanese authorities in Taipei on Friday over the signing of a proposed memorandum of understanding (MOU) to improve the rights

News | Taiwan-Indonesia Fisheries Workers' Rights Memo Discussion Takes Place

2024/03/10
Taiwan's Foreign Fishermen Representatives and their Indonesian counterparts will meet with officials from the Fisheries Agency, Ministry of Labor, and the Indonesian Representative Office in Taipe

News | Rising Migrant Workers in Taiwan: Challenges Ahead

2024/03/03
The number of domestic migrant workers in Taiwan has reached a new peak, with the Ministry of Labor reporting a total of 753,430 workers as of the end of 2023.

News | Taiwan and India Sign Labor Cooperation Agreement to Strengthen Bilateral Ties

2024/02/18
In order to strengthen bilateral labor cooperation, Taiwan and the Indian government have signed the "Memorandum of Understanding on Promoting Employment of Indian Workers'' after years of negotiat

News | Control Yuan Urges Executive Yuan to Address Vietnamese Migrant Smuggling Issue

2024/01/30
Taiwan's southwest waters witnessed the discovery of 10 floating bodies last year, which, after police investigation, were determined to be foreign migrant workers who had failed in their attempt a

News | Promoting Care Toolbox App: Collaboration Between NCKU and TFLU at ASEAN Square

2024/01/30
The Taichung City Government Labor Bureau has established the "International Migrant Care Service Center" on the 3rd floor of the ASEAN Square to cater to the needs of international migrant workers

News | Fill in the world of migrant workers with literature

2024/01/20
Vietnamese immigrant Lo Yi-Wen, with a Ph.D. in Chinese Literature from Tsinghua University, has unexpectedly become a judicial interpreter.