Around 800 years ago, the ancestors of the Tao people, considered a Taiwanese aboriginal group, arrived on Orchid Island from the Batanes archipelago.
The strong Taiwanese economy, particularly in the manufacturing industries, attracts cheap manual labor from the Philippines.
Based on a report by Directorate-General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics (DGBAS), as of end of April 2019, 154,000 OFWs are living and working in Taiwan.
vulnerable to exploitation by their employers, a situation common to unskilled migrant workers all over the world.
Filipino migrant caretakers in Taiwan have to go through a broker system that collects most of their monthly earnings, demands long work hours without overtime pay, and offers no days off.