Taiwan News  
Date: 2018/07/29
By:  Central News Agency

Taipei, July 29 (CNA) Over the past few years, Taiwan has seen slower growth in the number of “new immigrants” arriving in the country, a category that predominantly refers to the foreign and Chinese spouses of Taiwanese nationals, who live in Taiwan.

The slowdown is largely attributable to a sharp decline in the number of Chinese spouses of Taiwanese citizens, although there has been a slight increase in the number of spouses from other foreign countries, Hong Kong and Macau over the past few years, according to a report compiled by the Budget Center of the Legislative Yuan.

As of the end of March, the number of new immigrants resident in Taiwan totaled 533,159, including 338,940 Chinese spouses and 101,333 Vietnamese spouses, the report indicated, citing National Immigration Agency (NIA) statistics.    [FULL  STORY]