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if necessary when adjudicating an application based on the marriage category. In order to strength-
en interviews and site visits, as well as improve interviewers' professional skills, the NIA regularly
conducts workshops and seminars on interview laws and experience sharing. In 2021, a total of 1,771
interviews of Mainland Chinese spouses were conducted, including 220 failed domestic interviews,

26 cases rejected at the border, and 7 cases that failed their second interviews.

2. Policy Objectives for 2022
Since there is still a massive number of overstayers in Taiwan, the NIA is planning to continue

working closely with national security related agencies to crackdown on overstaying foreigners after
the pandemic eases and international travel resumes, in order to decrease the number of overstayers
in Taiwan. The NIA will continue to simplify the process of site visits and interviews, as well as con-

duct a rolling review on the outcomes of the measures, in order to protect the security of our country
while providing better services to the public.

VIII. Protecting the Human Rights of Immigrants

1. Protecting the Rights of Detainees
To protect the human rights of detainees, the NIA provides detainees with information in multi-
ple languages on related regulations at detention centers, detainees' rights and responsibilities, and
channels for complaints. The NIA's major detention centers also allow regular outdoor activities, vis-

its, and telephone calls; they also provide television, books, newspapers, and magazines. Personnel
are also sent to maintain the basic environmental hygiene and living security of the centers. To better
provide humanitarian treatment to detainees, the NIA taps into civil resources, utilizes assistance

from religious groups, and provides medical services and necessary care. The NIA also holds month-
ly meetings, and has special gatherings on the three major festivals and special holidays. All of the
measures mentioned above aim to safeguard the rights and safety of detainees.

2. Temporary Settlements and Deportation
In recent years, the number of migrant workers giving birth in Taiwan has increased. Some of the
female migrant workers become missing after they get pregnant because they are afraid of being
deported to their home countries, resulting in their children not being able to receive proper care in

Taiwan. Therefore, the NIA has worked on establishing shelters for undocumented pregnant migrant
workers or undocumented migrant workers with children aiming to provide them with a proper place
to stay and to give the children better care before returning to their home countries.

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