i'm right here i'm on each year tens of thousands of migrant workers travel to singapore hoping for a better life.. most payay large fees to agents who promised them work as laborers in the construction and shipping industries. when the economy was booming those promises were largely fulfilled bots as a global recession takes hold horror stories are emerging? thirty year old muhammad issue mail from bangladesh signed a contract with t the recruititing agents who promised him a a job

for a fee of nine thousand singaporean dollars around hall for the average bangladeshi ends in a lifetime. the agent sends him to work as a laborer for shipbuilder he k knw it would be tough but h he thoht he'd eventually returned home to his wife and family. a rich man. but offf the eighteen monthshs issue mail may be forced home with nothing but death he is jobless and homeless reliance on friends and local ngos for help. lindley and james leone's film michael dreams follows ishmael and some of his colleagues who've now quit and taken the complaints to singapore's ministry of manpower. they claim they were not paid for nearly six months had on fed deductions taken from their salaries and have to pay a hundred dollars rent to o live n crcramped conditions in shipping containers. now if male faces the prospect of returning home to his family in bangladesh with nothing. is my good dreams turned into a

nightmare [inaudible] uhhuh -- s sgapore. asian tigiger. economic miracle. and for these men a land of opportunity. the city is host to some eighty thousand migrant workers from bangladesh. they come in search of a better life. delivered d by the prospect of money beyond their wildest dreams. but for mohamed is small and his colleagues. singapore has been nothing short of a nightmare. think of them as a dollar. yes you know what i said. some of a minute hello this is those of us but i wanted us to

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face the prospect of going home empty handed. weeknights the men come to this restaurant for free mail provided by local and g. o.. they join a steady stream of workers. most of whom have lost official complaints against their employers. the numbers have been steadily rising since the global financial crisis began. december under the hood combine david a high -- see sides of us- i am on it i'm a little bit and then i see. comma someone there for a lot of ten on the us have put it in a moment i'm on the phone up back a little bit the side job out of it. singapore's ministry of manpowe. this is what disputes between employers and employees a mediated. for a smile of his colleagues a speedy settlement is crucial. they've been living on borrowed cash. if the bus system pay up they may have to sleep on the street. the crew isn't allowed to film inside the ministry.

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more importantly the men say they were made to live in substandard accommodation. that afternoon a smile and a colleague chose the container facility where they used to liv. got to playing but saddam the echinacea. they can it be even though company. but daschle sort of make most of us put it. i able to make any of us have it on me. i got this. the place is infested with rats in mosquitoes. and it stinks of rotting food and urine. yeah. the general -- wanted us all up and a kind of them out and gave

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and it is it. a visit to o the doctctor reveat up with some a has a perforation in his left ear drum. the damages and permanence but it will take time to heal. that evening a volunteer takes up with someone to the police station. but it's unlikely the case will go any further. as he is unable to produce witnesses to the alleged assaul. this is where ocean marine engineering has its headquarter. the crerew is here today hopingo talk to the company's bosses. we've had no luck reaching them on the phone.

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