"In the past, we demanded too little of those marrying a foreign spouse," says Chen. "Our policy was based on respect for human rights and an unwillingness to become involved in personal matters." But, he explains, unscrupulous brokers and human traffickers have used marriage as a means to bring Vietnamese women into Taiwan for various kinds of work, even prostitution. The results have been tragic.
「過去對於『涉外婚姻』，基於尊重人權、不干涉個人事務的立場，條件太過寬鬆，因此衍生了很多社會問題，」陳杉林指出，不肖仲介、人口販子，以婚姻為手段，引進越南婦女到台灣打工甚至賣春，造成許多悲劇。