Recently, the issue of migrant workers escaping has received renewed attention, and the Ministry of Labor stated that it has drafted a draft amendment to the law to increase penalties.
Recently, a number of missing migrant workers hired by the contractor for the 66th Marine Brigade renovation project in Guishan, Taoyuan, were seized. Legislators also revealed a large number of migrant workers escaping from the Taoyuan T3 project. The issue of migrant worker escape has received renewed attention.
As of the end of March this year, there were 763,381 migrant workers in Taiwan, and according to the Immigration Department, 86,309 of them were missing. From an industry perspective, the manufacturing industry still topped the list, with a total of 49,533 missing, followed by A total of 28,284 caregivers have lost contact, and the two together account for 90%.
In terms of nationality, the most missing people are still Vietnamese migrant workers, with a total of 54,789, nearly 70% of whom are male factory workers; the second most missing people are Indonesian migrant workers, with 27,068, still The majority of caregivers are female, and they also account for 70% of the missing people of the same nationality. 2024/05/07
移工失聯居高不下 越南最多 印尼次之
近期移工逃逸問題再受關注，勞動部表示已擬具修法草案加重罰則。
近期桃園龜山海軍陸戰隊66旅修繕工程承包商雇用多名失聯移工遭緝獲、立委也爆出桃機T3工程移工大量逃跑的案例，移工逃逸問題再受關注。
截至今年3月底在臺移工達76萬3,381人，而根據移民署資料，其中有8萬6,309人失聯，從產業面來看，製造業依然高居榜首，共有4萬9,533人失聯，其次則是看護工共2萬8,284人失聯，兩者相加就高達9成。
從國籍來看，失聯最嚴重的依然是越南籍移工，共計5萬4,789人，近7成是男性廠工；失聯第2高的則是印尼籍移工，達2萬7,068，仍以女性看護工居多，同樣也占同國籍失聯者7成。2024/05/07
