Labor ministry to raise limit for migrant farm workers to 6,000

The Ministry of Labor (MOL) will ease the cap on the total number of foreign workers employed in Taiwan's farming sector, increasing the maximum number from 2,400 to 6,000, in an effort to alleviate the labor shortage in the agricultural and farming industry, an official said Thursday.

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