Chen Yun-tung, one of the first to publish studies on the history of the Hakkas in Taiwan, notes that although the imperial edict greatly stanched the flow of Hakka immigrants from Chaozhou and Huizhou, Hakkas from the northern part of the province were more readily able to leave via Fujian and travel to southern Taiwan. This group came to constitute the majority of early-period Hakka settlers in Taiwan.
最早從事著述台灣客家史的陳運棟指出，渡台禁令雖阻礙惠、潮客家人來台，但廣東北部嘉應州蕉嶺、梅縣的客家人卻轉道福建，登陸台灣南部，成為早期客家遷台的主要族群。