Most of us think of the nation as place that absorbs migrant workers, but we are also increasingly sending them out as wages stagnate
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By Michael Turton / Contributing Reporter
Demand for Taiwanese migrant workers in Singapore is booming: there are more than a thousand jobs on many Web sites, with advertisements for cabin crew, executive assistants, engineers, credit analysts, even auto mechanics, all at far more than they could earn in Taiwan.
Most of us think of Taiwan as place that absorbs migrant workers, but we are also a place that is increasingly sending them out. This has important ramifications for the future of Taiwan.
Last week, the government issued another one of its periodic warnings that certain overseas employers are actually enslaving Taiwanese into conducting Internet and phone scams, particularly in Cambodia. The government announced that it would station officers at airports to watch for such scam jobs. Much too late, of course, as such scams have scooping up Taiwanese workers for years.
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For instance, in 2015 in Brisbane a dash for freedom by an enslaved Taiwanese revealed a slavery ring…
