Nearly 100 Thai nationals forced to pick strawberries for 16 hours a day
Nearly 100 Thai nationals forced to pick strawberries for 16 hours a day
2026-03-26
The National Immigration Agency has cracked a case involving Thai nationals who were lured to Miaoli by an illegal brokerage firm to take part in a working holiday that was anything but a holiday. The workers were forced to do 16-hour days for less than minimum wage. Once the strawberry season had come to an end, things only got worse for the nearly 100 Thai workers, who were sent to the south to fend for themselves.
Police rush into this strawberry farm as a group of migrant workers are attempting to flee.
These officers are actually attempting to calm down these workers, who are being saved, not arrested.
With the ultimate goal of luring Thai nationals to come to work illegally on strawberry farms in Miaoli, an illegal brokerage firm posted a Facebook advertisement for a working holiday opportunity. The post’s misleading photos included young women leisurely picking strawberries, a large plane, airport pick-up and drop-off, and a free Taiwanese cellphone.
But the reality was that, in addition to cramped living spaces, the women worked up to 16 hours a day and earned less than NT$100 per hour. To make matters worse, when the strawberry season ended the illegal employer no longer needed these workers, and so they were sent to the south, where they had to fend for themselves
Chao Chih-cheng
National Immigration Agency
This group recruited nearly 100 Thai nationals to Taiwan to work illegally, which violates the Human Trafficking Prevention Act. Their work also may infringe on the Employment Service Act, and so the case will be filed with local prosecutors.
Many of these Thai migrant workers dreamed of coming to Taiwan to work, with some even selling their houses in order to pay the 60,000 baht broker fee. They couldn’t possibly have imagined that they’d suffer so much abuse on these strawberry farms. The National Immigration Agency is still in the process of tracking down the total number of victims.
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血汗草莓園! 壓榨泰移工"每日操16小時"近百人受害
2026-03-26
移民署破獲非法仲介集團，以輕鬆度假打工當廣告，專門誘騙泰國人，到苗栗的草莓園工作，但不只每天工時長達16小時，還苛扣薪資，甚至在草莓產季結束後，把大量非法移工丟到南部自生自滅，預估有近百人受害。
員警衝進草莓園，許多正在工作的移工，慌張逃竄。
員警安撫他們的情緒，不是抓他們，是救他們。
臉書上，打工度假的招募廣告，美女在農場輕鬆工作，非法仲介集團，用假照片吸引泰國人，到苗栗的草莓園打工，標榜大型客機、專車接送，免費開通台灣手機，從出發到抵達工作地點，一路都輕鬆舒適，但真實情況卻是這樣。
不只宿舍擁擠，每天工時長達16小時，時薪不到台幣一百元，甚至等草莓季結束後，非法雇主不再需要這些人力，竟然就將他們再往南部，四處丟包，讓他們自生自滅。
[[移民署南區大隊隊長 趙志成]]
“透過該集團招募，來台非法工作泰國籍人士達近百人，依違反人口販運防制法，及就業服務法等罪嫌移送地檢署偵辦”
這些泰國移工，很多人懷抱夢想，來台打工，甚至在家鄉變賣房產，籌到6萬元泰銖的仲介費，沒想到到草莓園工作，卻遭受不當對待，移民署還要持續追查，有多少人受害。
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