An investigation by the news blog found migrant workers from Bangladesh are being charged by S$10,000 as recruitment fees and 50 per cent will go to employment agencies in their own countries, while the rest will be pocketed by those in Singapore with compromise of finding work in the Lion City.
Recruitment agencies sweet-talk these workers promising them two-year of employment in Singapore with S$2,000 a month which will be more than enough to cover the employment charges.
Given such hope, workers then sell their lands, jewelries and borrow money from loan sharks to pay off the recruiment fees.
But once these workers arrive at Changi Airport expecting to be greeted by their future employers, they end up picked up by police officers and eventually deported them back home, The Online Citizen has found.
Those who meet up with recruitment agencies in Singapore end up living in secluded places with no job for a month or two, while their families are waiting anxiously for money back home.
Some workers file complaints to the Ministry of Manpower which mediates between the workers and the employers. But the talk was conducted in English.
Workers only receive S$500 at the end – paid in two installments and only receive the second half when they are about to board their planes heading back home.
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http://theonlinecitizen.com/2010/04/problem-solving-mom-style/
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