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2023 OUTLINE OF THE MINISTRY OF THE INTERIOR

languages on related regulations, detainees' rights and responsibilities, and channels for complaints.
The NIA's major detention centers also allow regular outdoor activities, visits, and telephone calls;
they also provide television, books, newspapers, and magazines. Various skills learning opportuni-
ties are also offered, and 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 nec-
essary care. In addition, the NIA continually improves the accommodation environment of detention
centers, increases the accommodation space for detainees, and sets up a designed area for mothers

and infants to cater for their special needs. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the NIA also set
up an isolation space for new detainees, considering human rights safeguarding and enhancing epi-
demic prevention.

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 undocumented 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.

With the ease of the COVID-19 pandemic, international flights gradually resumed after January
2022. In addition to expediting the repatriation of detainees and urging those who turn themselves
in to leave the country, the NIA also worked closely with foreign missions to expedite the issuance of

travel documents to assist the detainees to return to their home countries soon.

3. Policy objectives for 2023

The NIA will continue to expedite the repatriation of detainees and improve detention centers'
environment to safeguard basic human rights. The NIA will also raise awareness among undocument-
ed migrant workers who are pregnant or with minor children regarding the Voluntary Departure Pro-

gram, in order to help them return home as soon as possible.

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