Jobs of 1,600 Filipinos in Taiwan at risk over Covid-19 travel ban

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The jobs of at least 160,000 Filipinos are at risk due to the retaliatory measures that the Taiwan government is preparing in response to what it described as an “unjustified” travel ban imposed by the Philippines over the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19).

One the retaliatory measures may be the removal of the visa-free entry for Filipinos to Taiwan where close to 500,000 Filipinos had traveled to Taiwan in 2019.

Taiwan electronics company owners have reportedly demanded the return of Filipinos who were on vacation and the arrival of newly hired to keep up with the production of millions of electronic products, among these are iPhone mobile phones and other Apple products. There are also reports that Taiwan factory owners are contemplating on cancelling current job orders for Filipinos and instead replace them with Vietnamese and Indonesians in the event that the travel ban is not lifted immediately. It was reported that it is now the peak season in Taiwan for the production cellphones and laptops.

 

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