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.
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