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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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| Press Release |
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For many years, non-governmental organizations (NGO) have pushed for the right of migrant workers to freely choose employers. This will help eliminate abusive employers by allowing workers to vote with their own feet. We’re calling on the CLA to revamp their policy to incorporate this basic right to better protect migrant workers. |
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| Press conference to demand the amount of time spent at the shelter not be deducted from the working visa time period in which the migrant worker is entitled to work. |
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| Taiwanese Policy Victimizes Migrant Workers |
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The Council of Labor Affairs states that the victims may not work during the time in which they are being sheltered; yet, the grievance process for these victims take an average of three months to even a year. For many of these victims this long grievance process is detrimental to earning money, as well as the livelihoods of their family back in Vietnam. |
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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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| The U.S. State Department has released the "Trafficking in Persons Report - 2006" |
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A significant share of foreign workers primarily from Vietnam, Thailand, and the Philippines are recruited legally for low-skilled jobs in Taiwan’s construction, fishing, or manufacturing industries or as domestic servants, and are subjected to forced labor or involuntary servitude by labor agencies or employers upon arrival in Taiwan.... |
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TaiwanACT’s Vision |
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Justice and human rights for the Vietnamese Workers and Vietnamese Brides in Taiwan by empowering them with education, knowledge and awareness through direct and indirect actions / influences from the three geographical "forces" : Taiwan, the United States of America and Viet Nam.
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Mission Statement |
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The Taiwan Alliance to Combat Trafficking (TaiwanACT) is a non profit organization based in Taiwan. It works in partnership with other NGOs in Taiwan and Viet Alliance to Combat Trafficking (VietACT) in the US with the goal to combat human trafficking from Vietnam to Taiwan. It:
 Commits to provide immediate relief to the victims of abuse
Eradicates and prevents trafficking.
Provides legal advices and assist in litigations.
Empowers the victims with knowledge to rise up together to fight for human rights and human dignity of Vietnamese brides and migrant workers.
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We fight not just for the victims and potential victims of human trafficking. We also fight for ourselves because we cannot fully embrace our own dignity as human beings unless we champion the dignity of others.
- Colin Powell
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