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posted by LaminatorX on Thursday February 27 2014, @03:30AM   Printer-friendly
from the Xenophobia:-the-Universal-Language dept.

fx_68 writes:

"A sharp rise in the foreign population has ratcheted up racial tensions. Does Singapore have a problem with xenophobia? It seems that barely a month goes by these days without news reports highlighting friction between Singaporeans and foreign workers in the tiny multi-ethnic city-state."

 
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  • (Score: 1) by isostatic on Thursday February 27 2014, @07:46AM

    by isostatic (365) on Thursday February 27 2014, @07:46AM (#7841) Journal

    It's very profitable to let thousands of low-paid Indians work in crappy jobs in Singapore, live in crappy tower blocks, and have no recourse against abuse as they can simply be shipped back to somewhere even worse.