Migrant Workers in Taiwan at Risk of Forced Labor?
Taiwan is at a crossroads as the country is set to become a super-aged society by 2025. Labor shortages and caregivers for Taiwan's elderly will soon become a top priority. However, if the country doesn’t overhaul its migrant labor system, a key to survival may depart for good. On this episode of Zoom In Zoom Out, TaiwanPlus News speaks to Bonny Ling, an international human rights researcher and senior nonresident fellow at the University of Nottingham. Bonny explains how a brokerage system has left migrant workers in Taiwan at high risk of forced labor.
