Singapore’s migrant labour dilemma deepens as costs rise

Thousands of migrant workers in Singapore have had to grapple with rising inflation over the past few years, with low wages that have not necessarily kept pace with costs. Assoc Prof Ye Junjia, who teaches geography at NTU, says alleviating migrant workers’ financial strain need not be an “all or nothing” approach. If it is not economically viable to raise the wages of migrant workers, other forms of redistribution could provide short-term relief, she says. And the source of funding could come from the foreign worker levies the government collects from employers, but there needs to be political will to do so.

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