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These are photos of meals provided to migrant workers confined to their rooms in dormitories declared "isolation areas" in #Singapore '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've been especially disturbed by this differentiated treatment/attitude. It's always been there, of course, but it's really in our faces right now. Check out this part of Minster for National Development Lawrence Wong's comments at the 5 April press conference: 
"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's clear that migrant workers aren't considered part of "our" and "us. #SGUnited indeed.
It's clear that migrant workers aren'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're moving them out '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
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're seeing now should force us to rethink this attitude.
We can't keep acting as if migrant workers aren't part of #Singapore's local community. They are. They are essential to our daily living, the way of life in Singapore. It's not about being nice to migrant workers out of compassion; we are *all* entitled to our full humanity.
If you haven't signed it yet, here'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
Over the past few days, I've seen many Singaporeans step up to ask what they can do to help. I've seen chat groups and messages and spreadsheets and offers to donate goods/cash/food. It's incredibly heartening, and I appreciate each and every one of you. 
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#/
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
