I do find it quite appalling that there is a large amount of discrimination against transient workers, as Seema said. However, I think there needs to be more of an awareness of where these feelings towards the workers come from because I feel that in order to make the citizens treat everyone equally, their concerns need to be addressed.
It is completely unjustifiable for an employer to abuse their employee, and that is something that needs action. The reason citizens might stay away or have a prejudice against these workers could be because they associate them with occurrences in their countries. I know many people have concerns due to the fact that crimes such as rape or kidnap are at a much higher rate than in Singapore, meaning they feel that this is something that could be brought over to this country. That is why I think the population needs to learn more about this and that just because it might happen more in another country does not mean that the workers should be associated with these rates. Doing this might help people feel a lot more comfortable around transient workers, and not discriminate against them because of a label they might put on the workers.
So what do you think is the best way to stop inequality against transient workers?
But funnily enough, people don’t look at me, learn I’m from the UK and worry if I’m bring drugs, knife crime or petty theft with me…