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The National Immigration Agency has cracked a case involving Thai nationals who were lured to Miaoli by an illegal brokerage firm to take part in a working holiday that was anything but a holiday. The workers were forced to do 16-hour days for less than minimum wage. Once the strawberry season had come to an end, things only got worse for the nearly 100 Thai workers, who were sent to the south to fend for themselves.

Police rush into this strawberry farm as a group of migrant workers are attempting to flee.

These officers are actually attempting to calm down these workers, who are being saved, not arrested.

With the ultimate goal of luring Thai nationals to come to work illegally on strawberry farms in Miaoli, an illegal brokerage firm posted a Facebook advertisement for a working holiday opportunity. The post’s misleading photos included young women leisurely picking strawberries, a large plane, airport pick-up and drop-off, and a free Taiwanese cellphone.

But the reality was that, in addition to cramped living spaces, the women worked up to 16 hours a day and earned less than NT$100 per hour. To make matters worse, when the strawberry season ended the illegal employer no longer needed these workers, and so they were sent to the south, where they had to fend for themselves

Chao Chih-cheng
National Immigration Agency
This group recruited nearly 100 Thai nationals to Taiwan to work illegally, which violates the Human Trafficking Prevention Act. Their work also may infringe on the Employment Service Act, and so the case will be filed with local prosecutors.

Many of these Thai migrant workers dreamed of coming to Taiwan to work, with some even selling their houses in order to pay the 60,000 baht broker fee. They couldn’t possibly have imagined that they’d suffer so much abuse on these strawberry farms. The National Immigration Agency is still in the process of tracking down the total number of victims.

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