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Singapore domestic workers caught in mounting debt traps
Original: singapore domestic worker debt traps
A foreign domestic worker in Singapore is reported to be falling deeper into debt and worrying about her future, drawing attention to the wider problem of debt traps among migrant domestic workers. Advocates have long raised concerns about high placement fees and loans that leave workers owing money for months or years after arriving in the city-state.
Why now: Fresh reporting on a domestic worker's debt situation has renewed public discussion of debt bondage risks in Singapore's domestic work sector.
Singaporeforeign domestic workersThe Straits Times
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- Falling deeper into debt, foreign domestic worker in Singapore worries about what comes next · The Straits Times
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