How to address 3 distress factors for Singapore’s migrant workers

Research published by the Lien Centre for Social Innovation in 2015, years before Covid-19 had a name, found that 62 per cent of 344 South Asian low- and semi-skilled male migrant workers in Singapore with injury and/or salary disputes were already in psychological distress. In a commentary, Executive Director of the Lien Centre for Social Innovation at the SMU Christy Davis shared the research findings of a research, explaining how the three identified distress factors can be addressed. Since the coronavirus outbreak in migrant worker dormitories, the Government has stepped in with a mammoth support operation. The crisis shows that non-profits, businesses and the Government can pull together despite their traditional divisions to address problems as complex and pressing as a pandemic in a high-density environment.