NCKU Social Science Forum Invited Minister Yi-Huah Jiang of the Interior
Tainan, Taiwan, May 24th, 2010
NCKU Social Science Forum has invited Minister Yi-Huah Jiang of the Interior to deliver a speech on human rights and immigration policies on May 24th in Social Science Building, Li-Hsing Campus, National Cheng Kung University (NCKU), Taiwan.
Dr. Chih-Chin Ho, the Dean of College of Social Science at NCKU, stated that it was an honor to invite Minister Yi-Huah Jiang of the Interior, the former Chairwoman Wei-Ming Luh of the NCKU Institute of Education and Chairman Yue-Dian Hsu of Department of Law at National Cheng Kung University to deliver a speech and participate in discussion.
Minister Yi-Huah Jiang first gave the audiences a simple definition of new immigrants. He pointed out, “Taiwan is an immigrant society. Except aboriginals, Hans, Hakkas and Mainlanders are all immigrants. In other words, we are old immigrants and those who have slightly different facial complexion, skin color, accent, culture and religion from us are called new immigrants. In the face of waves of immigrants, whether Taiwan should keep the same attitude or establish immigration policies for different phases is an important question.”
Minister Jiang said, “Under the trend of globalization, population movement has increasingly become more frequent. Immigration has become a normal phenomenon in the international society. Being a member of the international society, the immigration population has become more and more diversified in Taiwan. According to statistics, till April, 2010, the total population of our national new immigrants has reached over 430,000. Most of them are mainland spouses and of foreign nationalities. From the angle of population growth and the perspective of cultural diversity, new immigrants are the future assets and support of Taiwan, rather than the debts of society.”
Minister Jiang emphasized, “We should look at new immigration policies from the angle of democracy and human rights because human rights are the core value of immigration policies which will protect the rights of legal immigrants. To treat everyone equally in the system, nurture culturally diversified values and combat and prevent illicit human trafficking are the most important tasks for the government.”
Minister Jiang expressed, “When handling the affairs of new immigrants, I expect the Immigration Department to abide by three principles. The first principle is humanity. Everybody is a human being. Even though new immigrants come from countries outside Taiwan, we should not treat them as gentiles. The second principle is understanding. We should understand their flaws and learn to discover their merits. The third principle is equality. We should handle affairs with the principle of justice and eliminate the remaining inequalities.”
Minister Yu-Huah Jiang believed that immigration policies are extremely important. Without proper national security, Taiwan would become the heaven of human trafficking. However, for anyone who immigrated to Taiwan through legal channels, there’s no reason to treat them as criminal suspects with inhuman and severe attitude.
Minister Jiang also expected students from National Cheng Kung University, no matter what career path they will pursue in the future, to continue caring for our new fellow citizens.
NCKU Social Science Forum has invited Minister Yi-Huah Jiang of the Interior to deliver a speech on human rights and immigration policies on May 24th in Social Science Building, Li-Hsing Campus, National Cheng Kung University (NCKU), Taiwan.
Dr. Chih-Chin Ho, the Dean of College of Social Science at NCKU, stated that it was an honor to invite Minister Yi-Huah Jiang of the Interior, the former Chairwoman Wei-Ming Luh of the NCKU Institute of Education and Chairman Yue-Dian Hsu of Department of Law at National Cheng Kung University to deliver a speech and participate in discussion.
Minister Yi-Huah Jiang first gave the audiences a simple definition of new immigrants. He pointed out, “Taiwan is an immigrant society. Except aboriginals, Hans, Hakkas and Mainlanders are all immigrants. In other words, we are old immigrants and those who have slightly different facial complexion, skin color, accent, culture and religion from us are called new immigrants. In the face of waves of immigrants, whether Taiwan should keep the same attitude or establish immigration policies for different phases is an important question.”
Minister Jiang said, “Under the trend of globalization, population movement has increasingly become more frequent. Immigration has become a normal phenomenon in the international society. Being a member of the international society, the immigration population has become more and more diversified in Taiwan. According to statistics, till April, 2010, the total population of our national new immigrants has reached over 430,000. Most of them are mainland spouses and of foreign nationalities. From the angle of population growth and the perspective of cultural diversity, new immigrants are the future assets and support of Taiwan, rather than the debts of society.”
Minister Jiang emphasized, “We should look at new immigration policies from the angle of democracy and human rights because human rights are the core value of immigration policies which will protect the rights of legal immigrants. To treat everyone equally in the system, nurture culturally diversified values and combat and prevent illicit human trafficking are the most important tasks for the government.”
Minister Jiang expressed, “When handling the affairs of new immigrants, I expect the Immigration Department to abide by three principles. The first principle is humanity. Everybody is a human being. Even though new immigrants come from countries outside Taiwan, we should not treat them as gentiles. The second principle is understanding. We should understand their flaws and learn to discover their merits. The third principle is equality. We should handle affairs with the principle of justice and eliminate the remaining inequalities.”
Minister Yu-Huah Jiang believed that immigration policies are extremely important. Without proper national security, Taiwan would become the heaven of human trafficking. However, for anyone who immigrated to Taiwan through legal channels, there’s no reason to treat them as criminal suspects with inhuman and severe attitude.
Minister Jiang also expected students from National Cheng Kung University, no matter what career path they will pursue in the future, to continue caring for our new fellow citizens.
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