Resource March 21, 2017

Meet the Journalist: Xyza Bacani

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Singapore is a prosperous country in Asia and migrant workers have played an important role in its...

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Image by Xyza Bacani. Singapore, 2016.
Image by Xyza Bacani. Singapore, 2016.

In this video, Xyza Bacani discusses her motivation behind her story on migrant workers who run away from their employers in Singapore. A power imbalance between agencies, employers and migrants, excessive agency fees, and a broken system encourage exploitation—but migrant workers do not  speak out of fear of losing their jobs and failing their families.

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