In addition, gaining legal entry into Taiwan as a tourist and then finding an opportunity to flee the tour group is less costly than illegally migrating by sea. Therefore, both persons seeking to enter Taiwan to work illegally and people-smuggling syndicates on either side of the Taiwan Strait see "enter then run" as a very profitable venture.
加上以觀光名義合法入境台灣，再伺機脫團逃跑的費用竟比海上偷渡便宜，因此，企圖入境非法打工者和兩岸的人蛇集團皆視「入境再落跑」為來台撈金的最好管道。