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Foreign workers

As war comes to Gulf states, migrant workers pay the highest price

A plume of smoke rises following a reported explosion in Tehran on Feb 28.
A plume of smoke rises following a reported explosion in Tehran on Feb 28.

Forum: Safer transport options part of migrant workers’ right to favourable work conditions

Forum: Why wait till 2027 for caged lorry transport ban?

Cultural sensitivity training, orientation programme to integrate Employment Pass holders

The number of Employment Pass holders in Singapore has grown from 177,100 in December 2020 to 201,200 in June 2025.
The number of Employment Pass holders in Singapore has grown from 177,100 in December 2020 to 201,200 in June 2025.

Forum: Strengthen enforcement, close loopholes to protect licensed F&B operators

New work pass for high earners in AI and tech among changes to S’pore foreign workforce policies

The One pass (AI and Tech) will replace the existing Tech Pass.
The One pass (AI and Tech) will replace the existing Tech Pass.

They keep The Kallang roaring every week

Helper seeking injury compensation feared seeing a lawyer, till she went to pro bono law centre

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Singapore's first Migrant Worker Law Centre, which is open five days a week to provide legal assistance for this community, is approaching the end of its first year. It was set up in April 2025 by the Migrant Workers' Centre and law charity Pro Bono SG. 

Photos of the Law Centre along Serangoon Road on Feb 10, 2026.
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Singapore's first Migrant Worker Law Centre, which is open five days a week to provide legal assistance for this community, is approaching the end of its first year. It was set up in April 2025 by the Migrant Workers' Centre and law charity Pro Bono SG. 

Photos of the Law Centre along Serangoon Road on Feb 10, 2026.

‘Living the dream’: Why a young Singapore lawyer chooses to serve migrant workers full-time

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Photos of MWC's only full time lawyer, Nur Shukrina, on Feb 10, 2026.
ST20260210_202610400984/Jasel Poh/chpro06

Photos of MWC's only full time lawyer, Nur Shukrina, on Feb 10, 2026.

Contract worker dies at Rio Tinto's Simandou iron ore mine in Guinea

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