August 2003
Some stories
What happened to my son?
'I sent him to the airport; he was so excited! It will be his first time living apart from us. I am proud of him and the next time we meet he will be a man!' - Mr Lee was thinking as he saw his son, Lee Kyung Woon (also known as Michael), off to study in Britain. Little did he know that the next time he would see his son would be in a mortuary.
13 August 2003 (964 words)
If they have your passport, they have your life
It might sound innocent enough. A family brings someone from abroad to work in their home, under the domestic worker visa programme. For the sake of 'convenience', the employer hangs on to the worker's passport. But a new report from Kalayaan, a group supporting the rights of migrant domestic workers, shows how the withholding of passports by employers is the lynchpin of a deeply exploitative relationship.
7 August 2003 (1084 words)