Singapore, as a society, is not able to properly comprehend, let alone address, the precise problems facing migrant workers, because of three pervasive myths about low-wage temporary migrant workers.

Author Archives: Charan Bal
Charanpal S. Bal is Deputy Head (Global Class) at the Department of International Relations, BINUS University, Jakarta. He received his PhD from the Asia Research Centre at Murdoch University, Australia and was a joint-winner of the Asian Studies Association of Australia PhD prize 2014. Charanpal researches migrant labour politics and Southeast Asian political economy. He is the author of Production Politics and Migrant Labour Regimes published by Palgrave Macmillan, UK.