TAIPEI: Taiwan and India signed an settlement on Friday (Feb 16) to herald Indian migrant staff to the island as labour-strained Taipei seeks to broaden its international workforce past its conventional supply international locations of Southeast Asia.
Taiwan, a significant semiconductor producer however with an ageing society, is host to round 700,000 migrant staff who come largely from Vietnam, Indonesia, the Philippines and Thailand, a lot of whom work in both in manufacturing or as house helpers for the aged.
Taiwan’s Ministry of Labour mentioned that the memorandum of understanding had been signed between one another’s de facto embassies in Taipei and Delhi, however implementation particulars will nonetheless must be labored out.
The ministry mentioned demand for staff in Taiwan for manufacturing, development, agriculture and different industries has continued to broaden which Taiwan is unable to fulfil itself, so demand for migrant staff has elevated yr by yr.
“The standard of Indian labour is steady, they’re onerous working and effectively thought of,” the ministry mentioned.
A small-scale pilot scheme will begin first, and if that goes effectively extra Indian staff can be allowed in, it added, with out saying what number of staff could ultimately come solely that the numbers can be determined by Taiwan.
Taiwan has beforehand denied reviews that as much as 100,000 Indian staff could also be allowed in.
India, like most international locations, has no formal ties with Chinese language-claimed Taiwan, however there’s a shut enterprise relationship with India eager to encourage extra Taiwanese tech firms to speculate and manufacture in India.
India additionally has a troublesome relationship with China, particularly over their disputed shared border.
