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To find organisations working for LGBTQI+ rights, visit our Taiwan LGBTQI+ Resources page.
For Taiwan country of origin information (COI) experts, reports, commentaries, and relevant documents visit our Taiwan COI page.
Refugee protection
UNHCR does not publish statistics specifically on refugees and asylum seekers in Taiwan, but information about the refugee situation in Taiwan can be found by contacting E-Ling Chiu (eeling@tahr.org.tw) of Taiwan Association for Human Rights.
Taiwan lost its membership to the United Nations in 1971 and for this reason it is not a signatory of the 1951 Convention relating to the status of refugees.
Currently there is no UNHCR office in Taiwan and matters of refugees and asylum seekers are covered under the National Immigration Act of 1999.
Legal aid organisations
Website
Facebook
Twitter
Address: No.22, Ln. 61, Tianxiang Rd., Zhongshan Dist., Taipei City 104
Tel: +886 22 59 69 525
Email: tahr@seed.net.tw
Contact Person: E-Ling Chiu
Email: eeling@tahr.org.tw
Tel: +886 22 59 69 525
Mobile: +886 91 00 32 293
Taiwan Association for Human Rights (TAHR) is an independent non-governmental organisation founded on 10th December 1984 (International Human Rights Day). It is a member-based NGO run by full time activitists and volunteers. TAHR looks after cases where authority seriously violates basic human rights, by assisting with investigations and offering actual support. TAHR has assisted several cases of asylum seekers releasing from immigration detention centres and providing residence permits in Taiwan.
Organisations providing other support to refugees
Facebook
Address: No. 51, Sec. 3, Zhongshan N. Road, Zhongshan Dist., Taipei City 104
Tel: +886 22 59 95 94
Email: unictaiwan@gmail.com
Since 2008, Union of Undocumented Immigrants (UNDoc) has come into contact with the “50-percent national” group labeled by the immigration law as “R.O.C. nationals without citizenship”, in particular Tibetan people who are facing bureaucratic difficulties and stateless persons. We provide them with legal consult, education seminars, social assistance and lobby for their legal treatment in Taiwan.
Taiwan LGBTQI+ Resources
Find organisations working for refugee LGBTQI+ rights in Taiwan.
Taiwan COI
Find Taiwan Country of Origin information (COI) experts, reports, commentaries, and relevant documents.
We are always looking to expand the resources on our platform. If you know about relevant resources, or you are aware of organisations and/or individuals to include in our directories, please get in touch.
Last updated May 2023