Migration Diplomacy as a Path to Taiwan's International Participation

In the 1970s, migration diplomacy became central to Taiwan's strategy of seeking international participation. The Taiwanese case is of interest because it has been understudied in the existing literature and can help expand the understanding of how migration diplomacy has been used by distinct states to achieve their foreign policy aims. For Taiwan, legitimacy and international participation were paramount and were key foreign policy goals linked to refugee resettlement. The example of Taiwan's migration diplomacy as a path to international participation on which this article focuses is Taiwan's coordination with the United States to help resettle refugees from the Vietnam War.