Silwanus Tangkotta was working aboard a Taiwanese fishing boat in the remote Pacific last year, when a heavy wave slammed a rolling metal door onto his hand, crushing his middle and ring fingers.

Taiwan’s distant-water fishing industry depends on more than 20,000 Indonesian and Filipino workers, but political will to protect their rights is lacking, said Allison Lee, co-founder of the ...

Taiwan is held up as a bastion of liberal values. But migrant workers report abuse, injury and death in its fishing industry By CNN Newsource Published July 12, 2025 5:43 PM ...

A pattern of abuse Taiwan’s distant-water fishing industry depends on more than 20,000 Indonesian and Filipino workers, but political will to protect their rights is lacking, said Allison Lee ...

Taiwan is held up as a bastion of liberal values. But migrant workers report abuse, injury and death in its fishing industry By CNN Newsource Published July 12, 2025 5:43 pm ...

Taiwan’s distant-water fishing industry depends on more than 20,000 Indonesian and Filipino workers, but political will to protect their rights is lacking, said Allison Lee, co-founder of the ...

Taiwan is held up as a bastion of liberal values. But migrant workers report abuse, injury and death in its fishing industry By CNN Newsource Published July 12, 2025 6:43 PM ...

Workers’ rights groups on July 17 called on the Ministry of Labor to protect migrant fishers, days after a CNN reported what it described as a “pattern of abuse” in Taiwan’s distant-water fishing ...

Taiwan’s distant-water fishing industry depends on more than 20,000 Indonesian and Filipino workers, but political will to protect their rights is lacking, said Allison Lee, co-founder of the ...

Taiwan is held up as a bastion of liberal values. But migrant workers report abuse, injury and death in its fishing industry By CNN Newsource Published July 12, 2025 6:43 PM ...