Focus Taiwan
Date: 2018/07/25
By: Shih Hsiu-chuan

Taipei, July 25 (CNA) Taiwan can revolutionize its work force and

Patrick Taran (right)

simultaneously address both its demographic and economic challenges by revising its immigration policy, Patrick Taran, president of the Global Migration Policy Association, said in Taipei Wednesday.

“The economy of Taiwan clearly needs workers,” Taran said. “Its native workers are disappearing, but foreign workers continue to be constrained from arriving. They are needed for the labor demand in this country.”

Speaking at an international workshop on strategies for combating human trafficking, Taran outlined what he saw as the root causes of human trafficking and smuggling and made recommendations for dealing with those challenges.    [FULL  STORY]