Taiwan Immigration Agency Educates Migrant Workers on Swine Fever Prevention Ahead of Dragon Boat Festival

As the Dragon Boat Festival approaches, Taiwan's Hsinchu County Immigration Agency is proactively engaging with migrant workers to bolster defenses against African swine fever. Recognizing that homesickness might lead workers to receive meat products from family abroad, the agency, in partnership with the Changhong Labor Brokerage Co., Ltd., visited migrant worker dormitories.

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She once saw a migrant worker who thought there would be no problem and sold his account to a fraud group before returning home. Unexpectedly, the second time he wanted to enter Taiwan, he was directly arrested at the airport because he was already on the wanted list as an accomplice in fraud.

Through interpreters, including a Filipino interpreter who shared a cautionary tale, the agency urged migrant workers to help Taiwan prevent the potential breach of African swine fever. The interpreter recounted a case where a migrant worker, before returning home, sold their bank account to a fraud group. This individual was later arrested upon re-entry into Taiwan, having been flagged as an accomplice in fraud.

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Providing bank accounts or cards to others, or opening accounts for them, not only carries criminal responsibility in Taiwan but also affects residency rights. Therefore, migrant workers are urged not to help others open accounts or hand over personal information and ATM cards to others.

Immigration officials stressed that providing bank accounts or cards to others, or opening accounts for them, carries criminal liability and can affect residency rights. They also reiterated the warning against receiving meat products, such as dried meat, zongzi, or ham, from overseas, as these could introduce African swine fever into Taiwan. The campaign aims to strengthen migrant workers' self-protection awareness during their stay in Taiwan, covering both disease prevention and fraud awareness.

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As the Dragon Boat Festival is approaching, the Hsinchu County Service Station specifically urges migrant workers not to ask their families to mail meat products or snacks containing meat to Taiwan, because this is very likely to create a breach for African swine fever to invade Taiwan.