'New Immigrants' Demand Equal Access to Long-Term Care Benefits

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As Taiwan's population ages, more people are looking for access to long-term care benefits, including foreign spouses known as "New Immigrants." These migrants only qualify for national long-term care services and subsidies if they have Taiwanese citizenship, unlike other foreign white-collar workers who qualify through permanent residency. New Immigrant groups are calling on the government to end this differential treatment and give them equal access to benefits.

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00:00Taiwan's foreign spouses are asking for equal access to long-term care benefits, on par with other immigrants.

00:25Over 600,000 foreign spouses currently live in Taiwan.

00:29Known as new immigrants, they mostly come from China, Vietnam and Indonesia.

00:34Only about half of them have Taiwanese citizenship and qualify for national long-term care services and subsidies.

00:40Last year, Taiwan made some foreign professionals with permanent residency eligible for long-term care without obtaining citizenship.

00:46The groups here say they want the same treatment.

00:49Taiwan's health minister says the government will look into what's keeping new immigrants from applying for citizenship.

01:14The new immigrant groups say they want access to benefits without having to obtain citizenship, calling the minister's response class

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