Remark on Taiwan Initial CCPR and ESCR Review
Good evening, Mesdames and Messieurs, Taiwan Association for Human Rights have advocated for exiled Chinese dissents, Tibetans, Thai-Burma boarder stateless people to seek asylum and residence in Taiwan. 9 Chinese dissents and hundreds of Tibetans and Thai-Burma boarder stateless people have stayed in Taiwan for more than 8 years, some of them have naturalized, many only have short term or long term visas and are not permitted to work and cannot enjoy any health insurance, social insurance and social security against ESCR article 6 and 9. When an asylum seeker enters Taiwan illegally, they are likely to stay as an…