The proposal to increase the quota to 20,000 was put forth by the Ministry of Agriculture (MOA), to address the labor shortages in the country.
The sectors of sprout, edible mushroom, and rice seedling cultivation will also benefit from the increase in agricultural migrant workers and relaxed eligibility requirements.
Many Indonesian fishers in Donggang were ordered by their Taiwanese employers to stay onboard to guard their ships in case powerful winds brought by Krathon break the mooring lines, which would cause them to drift out to sea, said Achmad Mudzakir, head of FOSPI, the largest Indonesian fishermen association in Taiwan.
These include members of both distant-water fishing and coastal fishing crews.
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Shipowners found to have disobeyed such an order shall be fined NT$50,000 to NT$250,000 (US$1,560 to US$7,800) by the local government.
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The guidelines, however, drew criticism from the International Association of Family and Employers with Disabilities, which described them as âintentionally playing up the importance of migrant workersâ familiesâ and âneglecting the mission of their jobs.â
The primary goal for migrant workers who have come to Taiwan should be to work, not to have children, the association said in a statement on Wednesday.
The MOL should immediately rescind the guidelines, which put the rights of women and children before the needs of families that recruit live-in caregivers, infringing upon their welfare, it said.
What a harsh statement⌠The MOL publishes some information about worker rights - and draws criticism because those rights are apparently worth less than the duty to the employer⌠One wouldnât assume that this kind of thinking is actually used as part of a public statementâŚ
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These people sound like they want worker slaves. Horrible.
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To be fair, at least they have consistently had this view point. they arenât total hypocritesâŚliars sure, but not hypocrites 
Sarcasm
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