# Human Trafficking and Illegal Immigration into Taiwan **URL:** \ **Category:** Human Rights\ **Tags:** hong-kong, vietnam\ **Created:** [November 26, 2019, 5:05am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/human-trafficking-and-illegal-immigration-into-taiwan/185895 "2019-11-26T05:05:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![tango42](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/82dd89/32.png) [@tango42](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/tango42)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2019, 5:05am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/human-trafficking-and-illegal-immigration-into-taiwan/185895/1 "2019-11-26T05:05:48Z")
Taiwan appears to rank very high on combatting human trafficking. Some news reports below. Also noticed this very interesting comment from a separate source “Many ships remain at sea for years at a time, selectively disabling their transponders and stopping at “refrigeration mother ships” or remote, uninhabited islands to resupply, transfer victims to other ships” People that illegally coordinate their own illegal trips to other countries are kind of a different category and may not be fully covered under human trafficking. > **[Taiwan Coast Guard intercepts 14 undocumented Vietnamese at sea - Focus Taiwan](https://focustaiwan.tw/society/201907140014)** > > Taipei, July 14 (CNA) Fourteen undocumented Vietnamese immigrants were apprehended on board a Taiwanese fishing boat in waters off of the Tainan area on Saturday, the Coast Guard Administration (CGA) announced Sunday. ---
**Author:** ![tango42](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/82dd89/32.png) [@tango42](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/tango42)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2019, 1:00am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/human-trafficking-and-illegal-immigration-into-taiwan/185895/2 "2019-12-10T01:00:26Z")
Hong Kong people are sneaking into Taiwan. Over 200 recently. > **[Hong Kong protesters warned against fleeing to Taiwan illegally | Taiwan News...](https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/3833339)** > > The New York Times says over 200 Hongkongers have sneaked into Taiwan to avoid persecution.Hong Kong residents are cautioned against visiting Taiwan through illegal means amid reports that more than 200 pro-democracy protesters have fled to the... ---
**Author:** ![tango42](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/82dd89/32.png) [@tango42](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/tango42)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2020, 9:17am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/human-trafficking-and-illegal-immigration-into-taiwan/185895/3 "2020-03-25T09:17:23Z")
Another good reason to get the weight under control. “However, one of the detainees was apparently **unable to escape from the room due to being too overweight to fit through the narrow window.”** :rofl: Thirty-one stowaways caught, 6 escape, 1 too fat to escape > **[6 Vietnamese stowaways break out of quarantine in W. Taiwan | Taiwan News |...](https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/3903307)** > > 6 undocumented immigrants at large after escaping from detention facilities in Western Taiwan | 2020-03-24 15:35:00 ---
**Author:** ![tango42](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/82dd89/32.png) [@tango42](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/tango42)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2020, 11:50pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/human-trafficking-and-illegal-immigration-into-taiwan/185895/4 "2020-06-26T23:50:11Z")
> **[Taiwan keeps top ranking in U.S. human trafficking report | Taiwan News |...](https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/3954631)** > > Taiwan keeps top ranking in U.S. human trafficking report | 2020-06-26 18:20:00 ---
**Author:** ![yyy](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/yyy/32/12085_2.png) [@yyy](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/yyy)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2020, 11:59pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/human-trafficking-and-illegal-immigration-into-taiwan/185895/5 "2020-06-26T23:59:39Z")
Congratulations with strong reservations. 😐 > Specifically, “insufficient staffing and inspections have continued to impede efforts to combat forced labor on Taiwan-flagged and -owned fishing vessels in the highly vulnerable distant water fleet,” the report said. > Migrant domestic caregivers also “remained at a higher risk of exploitation in the absence of specific legislation ensuring their labor rights,” it said. ---
**Author:** ![tando](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/6f9a4e/32.png) [@tando](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/tando)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2020, 10:49am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/human-trafficking-and-illegal-immigration-into-taiwan/185895/6 "2020-07-08T10:49:20Z")
> **[屏東外海查獲30名越南偷渡客　船長輪機長收押！海巡：29人曾來台工作 | ETtoday社會新聞 | ETtoday新聞雲](https://www.ettoday.net/amp/amp_news.php?news_id=1755461)** > > 海巡署高雄查緝隊日前接獲線報，指出有30名越南人正打算從中國福建偷渡來台灣，最後在屏東東港上岸，查緝隊火速組成專案小組進行布線調查．終於在7月6日於林邊溪外海成功截獲了該艘滿載越南的台籍漁船，並在船艙內查獲7女23男，完成檢疫程序後送往移民署收容，不過接應的台籍船長蔡男及輪機長劉男因拒絕透露接應細節，遭檢方裁定收押獲准。 ---
**Author:** ![tango42](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/82dd89/32.png) [@tango42](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/tango42)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2020, 11:28am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/human-trafficking-and-illegal-immigration-into-taiwan/185895/7 "2020-07-08T11:28:29Z")
- successfully intercepted… 7 females and 23 males were seized in the cabin. - the body temperature of the passengers was measured. - In order to return to Taiwan to work and pay 10,000 US dollars… took the risk of smuggling. - 30 Vietnamese stowaways were taken to the Immigration Department for asylum. ---
**Author:** ![tango42](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/82dd89/32.png) [@tango42](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/tango42)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2020, 1:29am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/human-trafficking-and-illegal-immigration-into-taiwan/185895/8 "2020-09-16T01:29:51Z")
> **[Update: Over 30 Vietnamese illegally land in south Taiwan, 23 arrested |...](https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/4009267)** > > Undocumented Vietnamese migrants caught after swimming to Taiwan's southern coast | 2020-09-15 14:39:00 ---
**Author:** ![CTaitung](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/ctaitung/32/100105_2.png) [@CTaitung](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/CTaitung)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2020, 1:32am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/human-trafficking-and-illegal-immigration-into-taiwan/185895/9 "2020-09-16T01:32:06Z")
that’s 23 less pho cantinas on the island. 🙁 ---
**Author:** ![SunWuKong](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/sunwukong/32/125743_2.png) [@SunWuKong](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/SunWuKong)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2020, 12:24pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/human-trafficking-and-illegal-immigration-into-taiwan/185895/10 "2020-09-16T12:24:51Z")
> [@CTaitung](#): > > that’s 23 less pho cantinas on the island. 🙁 23 fewer, and do you think that’s what they all come for? ---
**Author:** ![Mr\_PBH](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/mr_pbh/32/230938_2.png) [@Mr\_PBH](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/Mr_PBH)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2020, 12:30pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/human-trafficking-and-illegal-immigration-into-taiwan/185895/11 "2020-09-16T12:30:33Z")
> [@SunWuKong](#): > > 23 _fewer_, :bowing: ---
**Author:** ![CTaitung](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/ctaitung/32/100105_2.png) [@CTaitung](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/CTaitung)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2020, 2:19pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/human-trafficking-and-illegal-immigration-into-taiwan/185895/12 "2020-09-16T14:19:29Z")
> [@SunWuKong](#): > > > [@CTaitung](#): > > > > that’s 23 less pho cantinas on the island. 🙁 > > 23 fewer, and do you think that’s what they all come for? some of them came with some humor, others left theirs at Taoyuan Airport immigration. ---
**Author:** ![Taiwan\_Trouble](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/aeb1de/32.png) [@Taiwan\_Trouble](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/Taiwan_Trouble)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2020, 2:52pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/human-trafficking-and-illegal-immigration-into-taiwan/185895/13 "2020-09-16T14:52:12Z")
Hopefully they aren’t coming with Covid-19.