Singapore urged to fix rules on hiring domestic workers to stop forced labour


  • World
  • Tuesday, 15 Jan 2019

A view of the skyline in Singapore September 12, 2018. REUTERS/Edgar Su

KUALA LUMPUR (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Singapore must overhaul its rules and systems for the hiring of foreign domestic workers to put a stop to forced labour in the wealthy city-state, campaigners said on Tuesday.

Singapore is a top destination for impoverished women from countries like Indonesia, Myanmar and the Philippines, who take up domestic work to cook and care for local families.

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