When abroad, there’s no place like phone
Mother's Day may be a commercialised Western concept, but everybody has a mother, inclduing the migrant workers here. We speak to them about this key person in their lives.
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05, 2023
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04, 2023
Hang it on the dormitory wall
Asad is propably overqualified to be a work permit holder in Singapore. Why is he even here? He explains his rationale, and yup, it's totally logical.
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09, 2022
Arranging bail
When a migrant worker is arrested by the police, put into remand and charged with a serious offence, what are the immediate issues that he is faced with? We recount one worker's experience.
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10, 2021
Video: First day out
A busload of migrant workers are given a half day out from confinement from their dorms. They tell us what they feel. Video by Wee Kim Wee School students.
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06, 2021
After forced repatriation thwarted, employer makes Shipon sweat it out
Our laws invest employers with a lot of power over foreign workers. But laws also give workers rights, Bosses can be so intoxicated with power, they get carried away.
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06, 2021
Paid $5,000 to get job, worked 5 months, in limbo with no income for 18 months
"Who do you think profitted from the $5,000 you paid to get the job?" we ask Abjal. He's pretty sure the boss got half of it. The other half?
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06, 2021
To put food on the table, ‘beloved’ is sent abroad to cry
What's it like to arrive in Singapore, take your first meal here and be confronted with a crowded dorm? Jan Shak Mohabbat recounts his first memories here.
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06, 2021
Masud’s wide-eyed days
Many young men in Bangladesh dream of coming to Singapore. We ask Masud what were his impressions when he first came.
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05, 2021
To Arsad, the law feels like empty words
Ten years of loyal service counted for nothing when Arsad got injured. The law that requires employers to support injured workers doesn't mean much either.
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05, 2021
Healthcare for a migrant worker during lockdown: a sackful of painkillers
Mohosin had to edure the months-long lockdown in a dorm. Besides mind-numbing boredom, he was also afflicted with constant pain from an arm injury.