Migrant workers sit outside their rooms at Punggol S11 dormitory, during the coronavirus outbreak in Singapore. Photo: Reuters
Migrant workers sit outside their rooms at Punggol S11 dormitory, during the coronavirus outbreak in Singapore. Photo: Reuters
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SCMP Editorial

Virus reveals mistakes Singapore has made with migrant workers

  • Island nation’s initial strategy against Covid-19 worked and was widely praised, but it overlooked the cramped conditions in which imported labour live

SCMP Editorial
SCMP Editorial

Updated: 11:19pm, 24 Apr, 2020

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Migrant workers sit outside their rooms at Punggol S11 dormitory, during the coronavirus outbreak in Singapore. Photo: Reuters
Migrant workers sit outside their rooms at Punggol S11 dormitory, during the coronavirus outbreak in Singapore. Photo: Reuters
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