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Ministry of Agriculture officials have proposed to increase the quota for agricultural migrant workers by 20,000, but the Ministry of Labor said it would initially approve 7,000.
The proposal aims to address the labor shortage in agricultural sectors, such as farming, dairy production, livestock raising and beekeeping by raising the quota on foreign workers, agriculture ministry officials said last month.
The pilot program started in 2019 with 800 migrant workers, mainly from Southeast Asian countries, then expanded to 12,000 by mid-2023 and added 8,000 more in 2024, officials said.
The labor ministry said its Cross-Border Workforce Policy Consultation Committee conducted an evaluation and review, and found that there was a high rate of absconding migrant workers — or those who leave their legal contracts to become undocumented migrant workers in the underground economy.
Approval for raising the quota would be contingent on the agriculture ministry’s success in tackling the issue, the labor ministry said, adding that the agriculture ministry must submit a report on the situation of the “missing” migrant workers, as well as plans to better mediate labor management disputes, bolster employers’ legal compliance and reduce the overall absconding rate.
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