Singapore government’s 2026 UPR report glosses over the real issues
TWC2's comments on the points made by the government in its UPR report. Notice how the narrative avoids the real issues faced by migrant workers.
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06, 2026
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06, 2026
Straits Times: Singapore’s building boom is forcing a reckoning on migrant labour
A longish commentary on migrant workers appeared in the Straits Times on 19 May 2026. TWC2 responded with a letter to the editor.
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03, 2026
Young woman meets toothless tiger
A young woman's year in Singapore is spent exploring the toothlessness of Singapore regulators.
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02, 2026
Business Times Op-ed: how sustainable is Singapore’s low-wage migrant labour model?
Last October, the Business Times carried a commentary on the sustainability of our migrant labour model. We add our views.
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01, 2026
Universal Periodic Review 2026: TWC2 and HOME submit joint report
Singapore's human rights will be reviewed by the UN Human Rights Council in the 2nd quarter of 2026. TWC2 and HOME prepared a joint submission.
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11, 2025
Leaving to save ourselves
We conducted an online survey of non-domestic workers from Myanmar in July and August 2025 to understand their recruitment experiences.
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11, 2025
Foreign workforce numbers 2024
We archive what little public data there is from the Ministry of Manpower regarding the numbers of migrant labour in Singapore for the six years up to 2024
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09, 2025
Not good anywhere
A report looking at the laws (and gaps) impacting migrant workers in countries that are popular with Bangladeshi labour migrants. How do they compare with Singapore?
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08, 2025
Singapore at sixty
On 9 August 1965, the Republic of Singapore celebrates its 60th anniversary of nationhood. Through the decades, lots of Singaporeans have pulled together to what Singapore what it is today. Lots of non-Singaporeans too.
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07, 2025
Seeing double: an unexplained mystery
A curious case involving nearly 20 men approaching TWC2 within a week, all of whom had proper IPAs at MOM, but due to a mismatch of names compared with their passports, were refused Work Permits. Now left jobless.