The number of foreign workers in Taiwan totaled 305,021 in January, up 1,337 from the month before, according to the Council of Labor Affairs (CLA).
CLA statistics released recently show that there were 90,739 laborers from Indonesia working in Taiwan in January, down by 2,473 from a month earlier and accounting for 29.75 percent of the total foreign labor force.
The number of Thai workers grew by 204 to stand at 111,742, making up 36.63 percent of the total.
At the same time, the number of Philippine and Vietnamese workers surged markedly due to a freeze on importation of Indonesian laborers, according to the tallies.
Workers from Vietnam totaled 32,605 last month, an increase of 3,132 over the month-earlier level and accounting for 10.69 percent of the overall foreign labor market, while the number of Philippine workers grew by 476 to 69,902, accounting for 22.92 percent of the total.
In the face of the strong criticism of the increasing number of foreign workers in the domestic labor market, the CLA is slated to hold a meeting Friday to review its current policy and devise feasible improvement measures.
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According to a draft prepared by the CLA, quota distribution of future labor importation by different industries will be assessed in accordance with the degree of their contributions to the economy so as to provide sufficient labor for those industries willing to invest in Taiwan.
After repeated evaluation, the CLA has decided to continue with a ban on the importation of foreign laborers for major public construction projects and will also continue to slash the number of imported foreign caregivers and remove the quotas for small businesses.
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