[Stop-traffic] News/Taiwan: Migrant workers in Taiwan

[Melanie Orhant]

Published on TaipeiTimes
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2004/01/25/2003092473


Foreign workers living in Taiwan

HELP FROM OVERSEAS: The Mongolians are coming, and the ban on
Indonesians looks set to stay, but the Thais and Filipinas are still
here and still having problems
-- Norma Medina, a 40-year-old domestic worker from the Philippines
By Cody Yiu
STAFF REPORTER
Sunday, Jan 25, 2004,Page 2

EXCERPT:

The Taipei City Government often holds events for foreign workers to get
together and have some fun.
TAIPEI TIMES FILE PHOTO
  The contribution of foreign workers to Taiwan's industry and households
is often overlooked when the nation's economic "miracle" is discussed,
and while some earn tidy sums to send home to relatives, others suffer
at the hands of unscrupulous employment brokers.

According to the Council of Labor Affairs (CLA), there were a total of
299,263 foreign laborers or maids in Taiwan at the end of November last
year. Of these, 58,928 came from Indonesia, 80,395 from Thailand and
54,976 from Vietnam.

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