Three Chinese asylum seekers were sent back to Malaysia in November, though this news was only reported on earlier this month. The incident proves revealing about the lack of transparency and clear oversight over asylum procedures that occurs as a result of Taiwan’s lack of formal asylum procedures...
Late last month, Chinese dissident Chen Siming entered Taiwan on a flight to Guangzhou that was transiting through Taoyuan International Airport. There, Chen announced his wish to resettle in a third country such as the US or Canada, requesting that the Taiwanese government assist with this. Chen arrived on September 22nd...
A report released by NGO Safeguard Defenders in January, entitled “Involuntary Returns: China’s Covert Operation to Force ‘Fugitives’ Overseas Back Home”, stated that the number of Chinese asylum seekers had increased globally by 700% between 2012 and 2020...
Chinese asylum seeker and political dissident Li Jia-bao, age twenty-two and only until very recently a student, continues to face the possibility of being deported from Taiwan...
Taiwan's lack of any formal asylum policy—with no formalized process for processing applications by asylum seekers—is likely to be tested in the near future, with the Apple Daily reporting that thirty Hong Kong protesters have fled to Taiwan in the aftermath of the attempted occupation of LegCo on July 1st. According to the Apple Daily, another wave of more than thirty Hong Kong protesters are considering fleeing to Taiwan in the near future....
It seems highly likely that Taiwan’s current lack of any coherent policy for asylum seekers may explode into an international controversy in coming months, with a high number of high-profile refugees from Hong Kong and China facing possible deportation from Taiwan after their visas expire...
Chinese exchange student Lee Jia-bao continues to face the possibility of deportation back to China, with his current visa status set to expire in July, and Lee still seeking asylum in Taiwan due to his criticisms of Chinese president Xi Jinping...
The Tsai administration's refugee policies toward Chinese asylum seekers are in the spotlight again after a Chinese student requested political asylum in Taiwan after making public criticisms of Chinese president Xi Jinping on a livestream and social media. The student in question, Li Jiabao, is currently a student at the Chia Nan University of Pharmacy and Science in Tainan...
Two Chinese dissidents attempting to seek asylum in Taiwan have now been stranded in Taoyuan International Airport for over one hundred days now, with the Taiwanese government apparently remaining undecided about whether to grant them asylum or not. However, in reality, the Taiwanese government is very likely hoping that both will eventually tire of waiting and return to China, in spite of the fact that they may face jail, torture, or death if they do so...
Two Chinese dissidents seeking asylum in Taiwan, Yan Bojun and Liu Xinglian, have now been stranded in Taoyuan International Airport for over fifty days while the Taiwanese government remains undecided on what to do with them...