Because Belize, with a population of only 220,000 people, has had a relatively open door policy towards immigration, during recent years when relations across the Taiwan Strait have been strained, the tide of immigration has been large and was heavily promoted by Taiwan's private emigration agents. There are currently some 2,000 Taiwanese emigrants living in Belize.
由於只有二十二萬人口的貝里斯移民門檻不高，前幾年兩岸關係緊張，移民潮一度大盛時，國內業者曾大力推廣，目前當地約有二千多台灣移民去的華僑。