couples in Taiwan. In addition, by the end of August 2020, the number of new immigrants had reached over 560,000.3 The number of children of new immigrants for the same period also increased to 413,853, accounting for 8.64% of the total number of births in Taiwan. All of the above indicates that households of new immigrants have become an important part of our nation’s population structure, and we have truly become a multicultural society. The government must face this and adjust its traditional immigration policy that mainly focuses on restrictive control of immigration, as well as crime prevention, and it should envision a plan for policy that will emphasize multiculturalism and facilitate the successful integration of the new immigrants into Taiwan’s society. (2) At present, Taiwan society still has some prejudice against new immigrants; there are some situations where discrimination against new immigrants’ families still exists. The children of marriage immigrants also face similar discrimination due to their parents’ foreign identity. The government should proactively review all measures to promote substantial benefits for the cultural rights of new immigrants, to enhance the equal right to education for family members of new immigrants, and to implement schools’ acceptance and respect for multiculturalism, thereby doing due diligence to comprehensively eliminate all kinds of discrimination faced by new immigrants and their children. (3) New immigrants have a strong motivation to enter the job market; however, there are many obstacles for them. Consequently, new immigrants face discrimination and restriction during the job application and employment processes due to stereotypes towards new immigrants. Even those with great educational backgrounds and professional skills may still have difficulty in their career development. The government has implemented a relaxed policy on the right to work for marriage migrants; however, many employers are still unaware of the new regulations of this relaxed policy, or, due to other concerns, refuse to employ new immigrants, thus blocking their career development. Now new immigrants obtaining permanent resident certificates are permitted to work in Taiwan without applying for additional work permits; however, since explanations of this have not been provided clearly to the public, the permanent resident certificates are not seen as permission for employment, and obstacles in job hunting still exist for new immigrants. Moreover, there have been numerous incidents where new immigrants have been cheated by their employers, earning unequal salaries and welfare, particularly in the fields of catering and small-scale service industries. Such unfair treatment includes no provision of normal working benefits, such as no labor insurance (e.g. only 30% of new immigrant workers are enrolled by 3 Taiwan has a population of about 23 million. 71

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