Undocumented migrants arrestedStaff writer, with CNAA dozen undocumented migrants were arrested during a sweep of Taichung’s ASEAN Plaza over the weekend, police said on Tuesday. The authorities launched the operation on Saturday by visiting a number of dance clubs on the plaza’s sixth floor, where they arrested five undocumented Vietnamese men before conducting spot checks on the seventh floor, the statement said. Undocumented migrants are found hiding in a small room by police during a sweep of Taichung’s ASEAN Plaza on Saturday last week. Police will continue to conduct weekly spot checks in the area and encourage undocumented migrants to proactively contact the NIA for assistance to be deported back to their country of origin, Chou said. There are a total of 49,859 undocumented migrants in Taiwan, NIA statistics as of the end of April showed.

Source: Taipei Times June 25, 2020 15:56 UTC