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Request for Information Regarding Filipino Migrant Workers in Taiwan

Requested from DFA by M. Lesava at 03:59 PM on Dec 05, 2023.
Purpose: Research/Thesis
Date of Coverage: 01/01/2020 - 09/30/2023
Tracking no: #DFA-675013822240

Lesava 03:59 PM, Dec 05, 2023 

I am student researchers from LPU Manila who is currently taking AB Foreign Service Major in Diplomacy under the College of International Relations, currently working on our research study/thesis titled: “The Cross-Strait conflict between China and Taiwan: Implications on Filipino Migrant Workers in Taiwan.”

Requesting for Information Regarding FMWs in Taiwan:
1. How many Filipino Migrant Workers currently (2022 & 2023)
2. How much Remittances sent by FMWs to PH (2020-2023)
3. Ranking of FMW Remittance from Taiwan compared to other countries with FMWs (2022)


December 11, 2023

Dear Marie Ysabelle,

Greetings!

Thank you for your request dated Dec 05, 2023 under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch.

Your request

You asked for Request for Information Regarding Filipino Migrant Workers in Taiwan.

Response to your request

While our aim is to provide information whenever possible, in this instance this Office does not have the information you have requested. However, you may wish to contact the following agencies regarding your concern:

1. DOLE and/or OWWA regarding the number of OFWS in Taiwan;
2. BSP regarding the amount of remittances of OFWs in Taiwan.

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Thank you.

Respectfully,
FOI Receiving Officer
FOI Officer

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