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Rules of engagement for an honest debate on Singapore’s immigration policy
The West’s immigration debates offer hard lessons on what to avoid when Singapore revisits its population conundrum.
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In a proper, productive airing on immigration, we must accept that there are no solutions without costs, says the writer.
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In much of the developed world, immigration has become and stayed the defining political problem governments are struggling with. Singapore, however, seems to be bucking that trend – at least if the public discourse of the last 12 months is any guide.
One clue lies in what did not dominate the 2025 General Election. The Institute of Policy Studies’ post-election surveys
