Towards a Theology of Migration in the Context of Vietnamese Labor Migrant Workers in Taiwan

Written from the author's own experience as a Vietnamese Jesuit missionary serving migrant workers in Taiwan, this article develops a theology of migration grounded in Scripture and Catholic social teaching. It first describes the socio-economic plight of Vietnamese labor migrants (exploitative recruitment fees, negative stereotyping, restrictive labor policies, and psychological strain) before offering a biblical reflection that reads their experience through the figures of Abram as sojourner (ger) and Jesus of Nazareth as the rejected outsider. Engaging Pope Francis' Fratelli Tutti and theologians such as Peter Phan and Daniel Groody, the paper presents migration as a locus of divine blessing and incarnational solidarity, calling host societies and the Church to practice Abrahamic hospitality toward migrants as fellow sojourners before God.