Tens of thousands of foreign workers in Singapore have been put under quarantine amid the pandemic, and returning to their home countries – including China – is simply not an option. Photo: EPA
Coronavirus: China’s stranded migrant workers desperate to return home as savings dry up
- With no income, no job and little hope of returning home, some overseas Chinese workers feel like they are languishing in prison
- A lack of international flights, much less affordable ones, leave China’s migrant workers competing for airline seats with tourists, pregnant women and children
Tens of thousands of foreign workers in Singapore have been put under quarantine amid the pandemic, and returning to their home countries – including China – is simply not an option. Photo: EPA