Reseach on Life Adaptation of Foreign Spouses in Taiwan—A Case Study of Hsin–Chu City

全球化的趨勢帶來了人口的移動與跨國婚姻的增加，對於移入國家常常產生多元文化的衝突，對於移入者更有許多要適應的面向，導致產生語言、文化與生活適應不良、人際關係與社會網絡缺乏支持等問題。 因此新移民女性遠嫁他鄉的勇氣是應該被佩服的，因為她們要到一個陌生的國家重新生活，並帶著原生國家的文化、價值，要來融入和學習新國家的文化、價值。 也因為她們要面臨許多生活上的適應，有些適應上的問題透過學習是可以解決的，例如：語言問題，可以透過家人教導或是參與各縣市識字班，可是有些問題卻無法透過學習或是短期內可以解決的，例如：家人與外界的歧視，因為家人對於新移民女性嫁來臺灣的動機，會停留在為了金錢而來到臺灣的刻板印象，可能需要透過實際的認識、接納新移民女性，才能減少歧視或不客觀的負面想法。 為使外籍配偶家庭生活正常和樂，並迅速融入臺灣社會，以降低各種足以衍生社會問題的各種相關因素，雖然已成為政府、非營利組織與外籍配偶家庭非常重視的課題；但臺灣社會對外籍配偶原生文化大多缺乏瞭解，造成許多既有的偏見與刻板印象，使得外籍配偶適應臺灣生活更增添一層陰霾。 本研究在暸解政府對於新移民照顧輔導政策中，如何幫助新移民女性在臺灣所面臨的個人生活、心理、經濟、子女教養、婆媳、社會參與、資訊網絡等等問題。藉由訪談新移民女性表達出在政府的照顧輔導政策下的觀感與需求，供政府日後施政參考，以提出更具體及具多元文化的移民政策，來幫助新移民女性融入臺灣社會，並培養民眾尊重多元文化共存的觀念，以促進多元社會文化的實現。The trend of globalization has contributed not only to the increase of global migration and transnational marriage but also brings cultural conflicts to the receiving country. To the immigrants, there are plenty of aspects to be faced with, such as the adaptation of language, culture, daily life as well as the building of interpersonal relationship and the lack of social support. Therefore, the spirit of foreign spouses is truly admirable considering the courage they need to start a new life in a foreign country, striving to acclimatize themselves to the culture and value of a new country on their own. In addition, they have to cope with many adaptation problems, some of them could be solved through learning, such as language, which could be tackled through the assistance of their family or Chinese literacy classes set up by the government. Nonetheless, some of the problems could not be solved in a short period of time, such as discrimination within or outside their family. Since their Taiwanese relatives might still have stereotyped ideas that they only married for money. To eliminate this type of discriminative and negative thinking, a better understanding and acceptance of foreign spouses is required. With a view to reducing all sorts of derivative social problems, it has long been an important issue for our government, NGOs, and families with foreign spouses to provide them with happy family lives and smoother adaptations. Unfortunately, without adequate understanding of their original culture, our society is still riddled with stereotypes and prejudices against foreign spouses, making it more difficult for them to adapt to life in Taiwan. As far as the assistance and guidance policy are concerned, it is the purpose of this study to understand in what way our government is assisting foreign spouses with problems regarding personal life, mental adaptation, financial ordeals, childcare, relationship with mother-in-law, social participation, and information access. For the reference of future polices, this study aims at revealing the perception as well as needs of foreign spouses through interviews, in a hope to propose a more practical and multi-cultural immigration policy that will not only help foreign spouses with better adaption into our society, but will also cultivate a public sense of respect for the co-existence of different cultures on the path toward the realization of a multi-cultural society