Paus Fransiskus menyerukan kepada para pemimpin politik di Singapura, Pusat keuangan Global untuk memperjuangkan upah yang adil bagi lebih dari 1 juta pekerja migran berupah rendah di negara tersebut. Paus menyoroti perhatian khusus terhadap populasi lansia yang cepat meningkat di Singapura dan tenaga kerja migrannya.
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00:00PAUS FRANCISCUS
00:05PAUS FRANCISCUS called on the political leaders in Singapore,
00:09the global financial center,
00:10to fight for a fair wage for more than 1 million migrant workers
00:15with low wages in the country.
00:17PAUS draws special attention to the rapidly increasing
00:21unemployment rate in Singapore and its migrant workers.
00:26PAUS FRANCISCUS
00:28PAUS FRANCISCUS called on the political leaders in Singapore,
00:32the global financial center,
00:33to fight for a fair wage for more than 1 million
00:36migrant workers with low wages in the country.
00:39In his last statement, during a 12-day ambitious tour
00:42across Southeast Asia and Oceania,
00:45PAUS draws special attention to the rapidly increasing
00:48unemployment rate in Singapore and its migrant workers,
00:51especially in the construction and domestic services sectors.
00:55Government data shows that in December 2023,
00:58there were 1.1 million foreign workers in Singapore
01:01who earned less than US$3,000 per month,
01:04including 286,300 domestic workers
01:08and 441,100 workers in the construction,
01:12shipping and processing sectors.
01:14Many of these migrant workers come from neighboring countries
01:17such as Malaysia, China, Bangladesh and India,
01:20as well as the Philippines, a country with a majority of Catholic population.
01:23The Humanitarian Organization for the Migration Economy,
01:26an LSM that provides services for migrant workers in Singapore,
01:29welcomes PAUS' statement
01:31by saying it fully agrees with PAUS' call for a fair wage.