Place for migrant workers in our economy

The oil palm fruits have to be harvested by hand which requires heavy use of manual labour. Palm Oil Story-Art Chen/ The Star. 6 August 2013.

HAVE you ever talked to a migrant worker? Try asking them why they left their home, loved ones and the assured comfort of their own place of birth to work in a foreign country.

Many would say that given the choice, they would not want to undertake a journey to a foreign country, sometimes even risking their lives in the process.