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

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

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

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

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

19 12, 2012

Manpower ministry receives about 600 complaints a month

2019-08-30T16:35:21+08:00December 19th, 2012|Articles, Facts, research, analysis, News, News Flash, Uncategorized|

In a blogpost to mark International Migrants Day, Acting Manpower Minister Tan Chuan-Jin revealed some statistics: MOM receives some 7,000 telephone enquiries and 2,500 emails per month on employment-related matters from both local and foreign workers. Some 600 statutory employment claims (e.g. non-payment of salary or overtime pay, unauthorised deductions made from salary etc) are

20 10, 2012

Mind the gap: no system in place to help workers needing costly medical care

2019-08-30T16:35:23+08:00October 20th, 2012|Articles, Facts, research, analysis, Uncategorized|

Just this year alone, three workers came to the attention of Transient Workers Count Too with holes in their skulls resulting from workplace accidents (see story here).  They needed cranioplasties -- reconstructing the missing part of the skull with synthetic material -- but who would pay for the operation? Their cases highlight a gap in

12 10, 2012

Manpower minister provides 5-year data for foreign workforce numbers

2019-08-30T16:35:23+08:00October 12th, 2012|Articles, Facts, research, analysis, Uncategorized|

Acting Minister for Manpower Tan Chuan-jin penned a blogpost in the Manpower blog in which he sought to explain to the Singapore public the recent trends in foreign workforce numbers. He said that many businesses have told him that his ministry, by tightening work passes for foreigners, was "unreasonably making it difficult for businesses". However,

28 09, 2012

Nabbing immigration offenders affects Special Pass holders too

2019-08-30T16:35:24+08:00September 28th, 2012|Articles, Facts, research, analysis, Uncategorized|

The drop in the number of immigration offenders was covered recently in the news: 2,077, 1,698, and 1,318 people were arrested for immigration offences in the first half of 2010, 2011 and 2012, respectively [endnote 1]. The news story did not reveal whether these numbers included both male and female immigration offenders, who encounter significantly

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