Our Research Centre at 711 Geylang Road #03-03 Oriental Venture Building welcomes academic researchers interested in migration related research projects that would impact on policy changes for the protection of migrants living and working in Singapore. Our centre also houses a collection of specialist literature and publications on global and local migration studies and reports.
Contact (65) 6743 9277 for more information.

[CEDAW] HOME's Shadow Report to the 49th Session (Jul 2011)
This is a shadow report to the State's Fourth Report to the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, which covers the key legislative, judicial, administration or other measures introduced in Singapore during the time frame of 2004 to 2008.
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[CEDAW] Concluding Observations on Singapore
Concluding observations of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women.
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The Exploitation of Migrant Chinese Construction Workers in Singapore
[Extract]
Singapore's construction industry has played a key role in the country's socio-economic development. The infrastructure and facilities which have contributed to Singapore's economic achievements are due in large part to the contributions of this industry.
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Made to Work - Attitudes Towards Granting Regular Days Off to Migrant Domestic Workers in Singapore
[Extract]
Domestic work is a highly insecure occupation, due to the fact that it takes place in the household and is considered informal work. Yet it is an important source of income for thousands of women in South East Asia who travel to places like Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore and the Middle East in search of a better life for themselves and their families. However, legislative and other forms of social protection for domestic workers are weak, which makes them highly vulnerable to abuse and exploitation. For example, basic labour rights, such as a weekly day off, are routinely denied to them.
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National Report for Singapore's Universal Periodic Review
[Extract]
Singapore's report for the Universal Periodic Review has been prepared in line with the General Guidelines for the Preparation of Information under the Universal Periodic Review contained in Document A/HRC/6/L.24.
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A joint submission by members of Solidarity for Migrant Workers for the 11th Session of the Universal Periodic Review, May 2011
[Extract]
This report draws attention to the discrimination and human rights violations faced by non- citizens, in particular low-paid workers, undocumented migrants, asylum seekers and foreign spouses.
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Justice Delayed, Justice Denied: The Experience of Migrant Workers in Singapore, Report 2010
[Extract]
This report outlines the types of problems faced by low-wage migrant workers in Singapore working in the construction, shipyard, shipbuilding, cleaning and food services industries. It also focuses on their experiences in seeking redress through existing channels of recourse when they become injured or have been mistreated by employers and employment agents. This is the first collaborative report by the Humanitarian Organisation for Migration Economics (HOME) and Transient Workers Count Too (TWC2).
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Trafficking in Persons Report 2010
Singapore is on the Tier 2 Watch List of the US Department of State, Bureau of Public Affairs.
[Extract]
Singapore is a destination country for women and girls subjected to trafficking in persons, specifically forced prostitution, and for some migrant workers in conditions that may be indicative of forced labour.
» Read the Report and Statistics
» Read our President's response to US TIP

CEDAW Convention
The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), adopted in 1979 by the UN General Assembly, is often described as an international bill of rights for women. Consisting of a preamble and 30 articles, it defines what constitutes discrimination against women and sets up an agenda for national action to end such discrimination.
» Visit CEDAW website for details

Trafficking in Persons Report 2009
[Extract]
Secretary Clinton (June 16, 2009): "The ninth annual Trafficking in Persons Report sheds light on the faces of modern-day slavery and on new facets of this global problem. The human trafficking phenomenon affects virtually every country, including the United States. In acknowledging America’s own struggle with modern-day slavery and slavery-related practices, we offer partnership. We call on every government to join us in working to build consensus and leverage resources to eliminate all forms of human trafficking."
»Visit the website for full report

United Nations Development Programme Human Development Reports Research Paper - August 2009
Migration in the Asia-Pacific Region: Trends, factors, impacts
By Philip Martin
[Extract]
This paper provides a comprehensive assessment of international migration in the Asia-Pacific region and reviews internal migration in China. After putting Asia-Pacific migration in a global context, it reviews trends in migration and the impacts of migrants in the major migrant-receiving countries, patterns of migration and their development impacts in migrant-sending countries, the human development impacts of migration, and three policy issues, viz, new seasonal worker programs for Pacific Islanders in New Zealand and Australia, required local sponsorship of foreigners in the Gulf countries, and the economic effects of migrants in the US and Thailand.
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Research survey report on shelter residents 2007 to 2008
By Kayoko Ueno, Professor, the Faculty of Integrated Art and Science, the University of Tokushima, Japan
ueno@ias.tokushima-u.ac.jp

[Extract] It is fair to say that working and life conditions of migrant domestic workers shown in this survey do not represent the actual conditions of many other migrant domestic workers in Singapore.  On the other hand, our survey was able to show various types of ill-treatments and exploitation which foreign domestic workers were prone to and as such, the cases we saw in the survey were not isolated ones.  They were faced with long working hours, insufficient rest, illegal deployment, abuse and non-payment issues.  Restrictions placed on migrant domestic workers were multi-faceted, from the inability to communicate with their friends and family members, to their food intake.  We found that having no off days and the inability to possess mobile phones prevented domestic workers from building their own social network and reaching out to each other.
» Full report available upon request.