Taipei, Taiwan – This watch is standing for about 12,000 Chinese migrants in Taiwan, who have to prove by Monday that they have given their domestic registration in China. According to Taiwan’s government, failure to complete the deadline can mean losing residency rights – and possible Exile,

The council of mainland affairs of Taiwan announced the deadline of June 30 in April, which was in the midst of a wave of national security measures after President Lai Ching-T. label China is a “hostile foreign force.” The administration of LAI wants to strengthen the rescue against Chinese effects, but many immigrants are worried that it may come to a personal cost.

The 34-year-old footwear designer, Chang Chiha-Yuan, was born to a Chinese mother and Taiwan’s father in China, and arrived in Taiwan when she was four years old. He has been in Taiwan since then, who has been serving five years in the army.

On 8 April, Chang’s mother received a letter from Taiwan’s National Immigration Agency, in which she said that she had given up her domestic registration in China. After contacting the immigration agency, Chang says he came to know that he had to face the same requirement. In both Taiwan and China, domestic registration of a person reaches a specific place to their legal identity and public services.

According to the council of mainland affairs, most of the affected immigrants are women like Chang’s mother, born in China and married men from Taiwan. Some, like Chang, migrated as children.

The National Immigration Agency estimates that about 140,000 Chinese spouses have a permanent residence in a democratic, self-governing island in Taiwan, which China claims as its territory.

After receiving the letter, Chang’s mother, who wanted to be identified by her surname Liang, said, “I cried for two days. After living in Taiwan for three decades, if my Taiwanese domestic registration was now canceled now … wouldn’t I be a person without a country?” Even though he got from the time frame set by Taiwan, he asked NPR not to use his entire name because he is afraid that either Taiwan or China may deny his residence rights in future.

He worked for a month to travel to China and found evidence that he and his son had no longer registered domestic registration in Guangdong province. He said that this needs to present sensitive documents such as his Taiwanese ID and Chinese authorities – a risky but necessary step, he said.

In late May, he confirmed from the immigration agency that his documents were accepted as evidence of leaving the residency in China.

As of June 23, the council of mainland affairs of Taiwan said that about 5,200 out of about 12,000 affected migrants had now submitted evidence of not having Chinese residence. About 2,400 requested extension or reported difficulties.

Lynn Zuan-U, a graphic designer living in Taipei, is the daughter of a woman from Jiangshi in Southern China, who met Shenzen of Taiwan before going to Taiwan in the late 1990s. In April, Lynn’s mother received a similar letter from the Immigration Agency, requesting the evidence that she gave up her Chinese domestic registration. After being so long in Taiwan, she did not know what to do. The family is still discussing their options.

Lynn told NPR in a text message, “I understand the intention of the government – to protect national security,” Lynn told NPR in a text message. “But the way this policy is being implemented, it seems inappropriate for immigrants. My mother has still not presented documents. She can also be understood as a resident. What does it mean? What does it mean that she does not count here in the last 20-few years?

Hasu-U, a legal scholar of the National Taiwan University, noted that some immigrants may have lost important documents years ago-or see the possibility of returning to China and treating the officials there as a personal risk.

After public resentment, the next day of its initial announcement, the council of mainland of Taiwan Announced Some immigrant can submit an affidavit unable to supply documents, which can be announced that they do not register Chinese domestic registration. But this option applies only to those who are reluctant to return to China, fans say, such affidavits lose force if an immigrant ever enters China. She also notes that the ban on Chinese domestic registration also applies to the citizens of native taiwan.

The council of mainland affairs has not clarified that it will deport those who fail to complete the June 30 deadline. But fans and other legal experts say that exile is a possibility for migrants who lose the rights rights in Taiwan. In a statement, the council of mainland affairs “calls the parties concerned not to test the government’s determination.” Last week, it was also stated that until the immigrants remembering the June deadline “show a positive attitude and present the relevant needs and clarification as soon as possible,” the government will not immediately cancel its right to live in Taiwan.

Ruling party MLA Huang jiWhose committee oversees the council of mainland affairs, says that removing the residence of immigrants should be “used only as the last solution.”

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Fellow democratic progressive party MLA Puma shane It is said that most natural citizens in Taiwan should give up their original citizenship. But under the Constitution of Taiwan, the mainland China is not considered a completely separate country. The Constitution was first adopted by the Republic of China in 1947, which retreated in Taiwan after losing the Chinese Civil War, and has been amended several times since.

“Under the law, we cannot ask Chinese migrants to give up their nationality. So the closest work we can do is to leave their Chinese domestic registration,” Shane said. “It’s about risk management. I know many are loved by our country. But a small number is included in espionage or other activities. [Chinese Communist Party]Our job is to draw a red line between those two groups. ,

Shane said the need was based on a law that has been on books since 2004, but was not universally implemented.

Taiwan’s opposition parties have a joint majority in the legislature, and is Voted to reduce defense spending.

“Without a majority in the legislature, it is difficult for us to pass new laws. So implementing existing laws is the only way we can protect our national security,” Shane said.

William Yang, an analyst of the International Crisis Group, says there is a possibility of policy Wave In March, high-level espionage cases were exposed. But cases suggest that China’s infiltration “has already reached a deep in Taiwan’s citizen society,” he says, beyond Chinese migrants, at the highest level of the government and the army for many indigenous Taiwan.

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“If they continue to promote this campaign, it is going to tarnish these people,” they say, referring to the Chinese migrants, “and unfortunately deepen the existing divisions in Taiwan.”

Recently, Taiwan exiled Three Chinese immigrants to post videos promoting “armed integration” with China.

Liu June-Lyang, director of the Taipei-based immigrant youth advocacy, is helping dozens of Chinese migrants, who are helping them find documents and understand government rules. He calls the new policy inappropriate and lack transparency, and says that it has increased the current mistrust towards Chinese migrants, “cross-strategies are making them a victim of stress.”

Protest KMT’s legalist chain represents a U-Zen Kinmen, a just a few miles from China and home to many Chinese migrants. Chen the new policy is called unconstitutional and illegal, and he received many complaints from his components. Unlike Taiwan’s ruling party, KMT is in favor of close relations with China.

Opposition KMT legalist Chen U-Zen opposed the deadline policy, called it “unconstitutional and illegal”.

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Chen says that many immigrants live in Taiwan for decades, and some now refuse to follow the policy despite the government’s warning not to test its determination. “Many of them want to see who stands the last,” he said. “They are fierce.”

Chen has warned that targeting Chinese immigrants will reduce Taiwan’s reputation for human rights in the eyes of Chinese citizens. “If people in China look at Taiwan, then they no longer fulfill these values, then they can question whether democracy is a good thing.”

Sharon Lynn contributed to this report of Taipei.