Immigration status: overstay

13 08, 2014

They’re going on holiday together

2019-08-30T16:33:05+08:00August 13th, 2014|Articles, Stories|

By Keith Wong I asked four friends when we were having a Friday night out whether they'd prefer to use a moving company that employed Bangladeshi workers or one that employed ex-convicts. There was no contest. All made it exceedingly clear they would choose the company that had Bangladeshi workers. "They're very hardworking,"  one said. "And

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

18 09, 2011

Left for dead, Jitu finds his feet again

2019-08-30T16:36:52+08:00September 18th, 2011|Articles, Stories|

By Spiegel Back home in Shariatpur, Bangladesh, he left behind a wife and four young, school-going children. Far away in Singapore, he sought a better living. If only for just eight months, he did find it. But a horrific workplace accident would cost him nearly everything. His name is Jitu. After paying an agent $4,000

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