In this photograph taken on Sept 14, 2021 migrant workers are pictured working at a construction site in Singapore. - More than 300,000 migrant workers live in packed dorms in Singapore, and the vast complexes that were hit hard by Covid-19 and locked down at the start of the pandemic remain subject to strict restrictions 18 months later. - AFP
SINGAPORE, Nov 13 (AFP): Bangladeshi migrant worker MD Sharif Uddin used to spend his days off with friends outside his cramped Singapore dormitory, but coronavirus curbs have for 18 months left him stuck inside during his spare time.
More than 300,000 migrant workers, many of them from South Asia, live in dorms in the prosperous city-state, where they are typically packed into shared rooms and sleep on bunk beds.
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