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These are photos of meals provided to migrant workers confined to their rooms in dormitories declared "isolation areas" in #Singapore & #39;cos of #COVID19 clusters. Again Singapore has different realities: one for those of us who can isolate in hotels, another for low-wage migrants.
I& #39;ve been especially disturbed by this differentiated treatment/attitude. It& #39;s always been there, of course, but it& #39;s really in our faces right now. Check out this part of Minster for National Development Lawrence Wong& #39;s comments at the 5 April press conference: 
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"Two separate categories" for local #COVID19 cases: local community + migrant workers. A "ring-fence" to contain dormitory cases, before moving on to talk about "our own community".
It& #39;s clear that migrant workers aren& #39;t considered part of "our" and "us. #SGUnited indeed.
It& #39;s clear that migrant workers aren& #39;t considered part of "our" and "us. #SGUnited indeed.
Some workers are being moved out of dorms and into empty flats. This is good, but the defining criteria is that they are in "essential services". We& #39;re moving them out & #39;cos we want them to keep working for us. Still about their utility, not their humanity. https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/coronavirus-21-vacant-hdb-blocks-in-bukit-merah-being-refurbished-to-house-essential">https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore...
I can see how the regular and normalised differentiated treatment of low-wage migrant workers has led to the idea of the need for a separate strategy to deal with #COVID19 among the migrant worker population, but what we& #39;re seeing now should force us to rethink this attitude.
We can& #39;t keep acting as if migrant workers aren& #39;t part of #Singapore& #39;s local community. They are. They are essential to our daily living, the way of life in Singapore. It& #39;s not about being nice to migrant workers out of compassion; we are *all* entitled to our full humanity.
If you haven& #39;t signed it yet, here& #39;s the petition calling for concrete steps to be taken to improve the current conditions that migrant workers are facing in #Singapore with #COVID19. https://www.change.org/p/minister-josephine-teo-protect-our-migrant-workers-from-covid-19?utm_content=cl_sharecopy_21392087_en-GB%3Av3&recruiter=44442494&recruited_by_id=2d199010-6199-0130-2736-3c764e0455b2&utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=copylink&utm_campaign=psf_combo_share_abi&share_bandit_exp=abi-21392087-en-GB&share_bandit_var=v2">https://www.change.org/p/ministe...
Over the past few days, I& #39;ve seen many Singaporeans step up to ask what they can do to help. I& #39;ve seen chat groups and messages and spreadsheets and offers to donate goods/cash/food. It& #39;s incredibly heartening, and I appreciate each and every one of you. https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🥰" title="Smiling face with 3 hearts" aria-label="Emoji: Smiling face with 3 hearts">
Please also support this fundraiser by @plspreeti @subhasmusic and friends. They are raising funds for HealthServe and TWC2, two NGOs that do great work with and for migrant workers. https://give.asia/campaign/preetipls-x-utopia-for-migrant-workers-ngos-433#/">https://give.asia/campaign/...
Recommendations from @twc2sg include drastically ramping up testing, relocating workers so they can be more spread out, explicit instructions that leave little wriggle room for exploitative employers, etc. https://wethecitizens.substack.com/p/twc2-calls-for-increased-testing">https://wethecitizens.substack.com/p/twc2-ca...
