“I didn’t want to go home because the salaries here are a third of what I used to get.' | STcom asianewsnetwork asianewsnetwork
“I would have preferred to stay in Singapore, look for a job, and directly transfer my work permit to a new employer,” said 29-year-old Mr Hari, who had worked as a supervising manager earning about $1,200 a month.
About 300,000 of 2.5 million Tamils working in different countries have come back to Tamil Nadu in five months.In Kerala, another major sender of migrants, only 254,000 expats have returned, out of about 500,000 who had originally registered for repatriation. Mr Raj S, a 45-year-old construction machine operator who worked in Singapore for 14 years and returned to Tirupattur in Tamil Nadu in July, now says his farm income at home is poor, and debts are mounting.
Even with a job, Mr Hari said he will have to pay $150 for a flight, about $300 for paperwork, and at least $200 for Covid-19 swab tests and quarantine when he gets to Singapore. More than 95,000 Bangladeshi workers have returned home from different countries since April this year after losing their jobs.His residency permit expired in January but his employer did not apply to renew it.
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