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3 12, 2020

Two men seriously ill with long-term Covid19

webmaster2020-12-19T12:06:34+08:00December 3rd, 2020|Articles, Happenings, News, News Flash, Stories|

The long-term effects of Covd-19 can be nasty. Two healthy foreign workers who didn't even know they had Covid-19 are reduced to invalids overnight.

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17 11, 2020

Shahadat borrows from an “NGO” to fund his recruitment fee, but at what cost?

Volunteer Writing Team2020-09-02T17:12:00+08:00November 17th, 2020|Articles, Stories|

To pay the agent fee for his job, Shahadat had to take a loan. We calculate the interest rate involved. We can barely believe our math.

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6 10, 2020

Kader’s girlfriend, wife and baby

Volunteer Writing Team2020-08-25T16:57:20+08:00October 6th, 2020|Articles, Stories|

Throughout the Covid-19 lockdown, Kader was almost continuously on the phone. Here's a glimpse of a migrant worker's use of technology.

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20 09, 2020

Paying off a bank loan should be easy, until it is not

Volunteer Writing Team2020-08-01T13:46:12+08:00September 20th, 2020|Articles, Stories|

To fund the required recruitment fee for his job, Habibur took a loan from Brac Bank. Even from the beginning, the repayment demands looked tight. Then the unexpected happened.

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15 09, 2020

Fickle fortunes

Volunteer Writing Team2020-08-01T13:45:42+08:00September 15th, 2020|Articles, Stories|

Nahid's first job turned out relatively well, but he hadn't gone home to see his family in five years. So he resigned and, soon after, had to look for another job.

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2 09, 2020

Socialised differently, migrant workers like Khairul helpless in Singapore

Volunteer Writing Team2020-07-28T10:01:19+08:00September 2nd, 2020|Articles, Stories|

Relationships and trust figure strongly in how a Bangladeshi worker like Khairul operates in the world. In bureaucratic Singapore, they don't work so well.

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23 08, 2020

Four little stories: Help me get out of Singapore!

webmaster2020-08-24T11:55:56+08:00August 23rd, 2020|Articles, Stories|

After long months of confinement, workers want to go home. But it is proving nearly as difficult as breaking out of jail. Reasons for policy remain unclear.

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24 07, 2020

A precarious life: 4 years, 5 jobs

Volunteer Writing Team2020-07-28T11:56:47+08:00July 24th, 2020|Articles, Stories|

Sharif has had five jobs in Singapore over four years. Has work migration been a path to a better life for this young father and his family?

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23 04, 2020

Raju’s Covid-19 holiday

webmaster2020-04-23T11:51:39+08:00April 23rd, 2020|Articles, Stories|

A worker under TWC2's care was diagnosed with Covid-19. What does treatment and recovery for a foreign worker feel like? What unresolved issues remain? We interview him by phone.

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22 04, 2020

TWC2 phone top-up campaign spent over $280,000 (so far) to help 28,000 workers

webmaster2020-04-23T12:04:28+08:00April 22nd, 2020|Articles, Happenings|

We're been feverishly doing phone top-ups these two weeks, boosted by generous donors, and helping thousands of workers stuck in quarantine.

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