Our advocacy work is based on evidence collected in our research activities. In this section are reports, research findings, brief fact sheets and analyses.

16 03, 2013

Workers with gloomy anniversaries

2019-08-30T16:34:54+08:00March 16th, 2013|Articles, Facts, research, analysis, Stories|

Nagaraju Ramakrishnan Raju has been waiting twenty months since his injury. A small piece of metal flew into the right eye of the 34-year-old construction worker in June 2011. He had four months of treatment at Tan Tock Seng Hospital before it was decided that he really needed an operation. "Doctor see me many, many

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2 03, 2013

Direct Services Report for 2010 and 2011

2019-08-30T16:34:55+08:00March 2nd, 2013|Articles, Facts, research, analysis|

Periodically, Transient Workers Count Too produces a Direct Services Report, summarising the help we render to migrant workers. Help takes various forms, including advice through a toll-free helpline, intervention and case management and a free meals programme. The 18-page Report for the years 2010 and 2011 can be downloaded by clicking the link.   

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16 02, 2013

Cuff Road Project 2012: Statistics

2019-08-30T16:34:55+08:00February 16th, 2013|Articles, Facts, research, analysis|

The Cuff Road Food Programme is Transient Workers Count Too’s signature project. Not only does it address a critical need among workers who have been abandoned and left destitute, it offers an important contact point between the organisation and those in need of help. Workers not only get a hot meal, they get a consultation

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1 02, 2013

1,062 employers fined or warned in 2012 over poor housing

2019-08-30T16:34:56+08:00February 1st, 2013|Articles, Facts, research, analysis, News, News Flash|

Channel NewsAsia (reported) on 28 January 2013 that seven employers were convicted for failure to give foreign workers acceptable housing in 2012. In total, 1,062 employers were warned or fined in 2012 for providing foreign workers with poor accommodation, the news report said. Since only seven were "convicted",  it appears that the "fined" were perhaps

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9 01, 2013

‘Troubled waters’ report launched

2019-08-30T16:35:20+08:00January 9th, 2013|Articles, Facts, research, analysis, Happenings, Uncategorized|

Researcher Sallie Yea gave a talk on Tuesday, 8 January 2013, launching her preliminary report on human trafficking in the fishing industry. The event was organised by Transient Workers Count Too. To an audience of about 30 persons from embassies, government and media, she spoke about her study of 63 cases of Filipino fishermen who

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6 01, 2013

Troubled waters: Trafficking of Filipino men into the long haul fishing industry through Singapore

2019-08-30T16:35:20+08:00January 6th, 2013|Articles, Facts, research, analysis|

Research by Sallie Yea With contributions by Shelley Thio from TWC2 December 2012 Abstract The report shows that trafficking characterizes a significant proportion of the experiences of the fishermen on the boats that dock in Singapore’s ports. These fishermen suffer various abuses during the recruitment and deployment process (in the Philippines and Singapore), at sea (in

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26 12, 2012

“40 to a room” — video of a workers’ dormitory in Singapore

2019-08-30T16:35:20+08:00December 26th, 2012|Facts, research, analysis, Media Coverage, News|

The above video shows an industrial building converted into a dormitory for Chinese, Indian and Bangladeshi workers. Each room houses about 40 men -- there are at least two rooms -- in extremely crammed and poorly ventilated conditions. The video also pans the shower and toilet facilities. It was produced by the website publichouse.sg and

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