He paid S$7,000 to work in Singapore, but found himself without a job or a home

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SINGAPORE: Jaynal MD had higher expectations about coming to Singapore. &nbsp,

A job here meant he would earn triple the 28, 000 Bangladeshi taka ( US$ 240 ) he made a month in Bangladesh. &nbsp,

He felt it was worthwhile to keep his two young children behind, even though he was sad to leave them. &nbsp,

What the 25-year-old did not realize was that he would be stranded in purgatory months down the road, without a job, and occasionally with no roof over his mind.

WHAT HAPPENED

Again in his town in the Narayanganj region in Bangladesh, Mr Jaynal drove an automobile- chariot, also known as a tuktuk, for a dwelling. The money he makes from&nbsp, this – a task he secured having just studied until Primary 4 –&nbsp, goes to provide for his home of seven.

A friend of his father in Singapore informed him about an agent who assisted three of his brother village people in getting jobs at a dairy land in Singapore in February of this year. &nbsp,

Mr Jaynal was told the exact business, DairyFolks Fresh Milk Suppliers, was looking for another employer. He would be paid S$ 1, 000 a month ( US$ 740 ).

Through a Bengali translator, Mr. Jaynal told CNA,” I was quite enthusiastic and happy… that I would receive such a salary increase.” His home was extremely enthusiastic. &nbsp,

Convinced to take up the give, Mr Jaynal began communicating with the broker, who was in Singapore, over WhatsApp.

The broker only revealed to him that he would be working on a farm, not much about the task. Additionally, the representative gave him a digital version of the in-principal approval notice, which is required to welcome migrant workers into the nation.

The realtor said “everything may be solved and fixed” after he arrived in Singapore, Mr Jaynal recounted.

He was also told he had to give 800, 000 Bangladeshi taka – about S$ 9, 200 – to secure the work. Of this, he had to pay the equivalent of nearly S$ 7, 000 before he came to Singapore.

He sold his chariot in the quarter leading up to his appearance in exchange for a flight solution. He even took out bank funding to get the money he needed, which he handed over to the owner’s nephew in Bangladesh.