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Singapore is an attractive destination due to its high living standards and wages.<ref>{{cite news|title= Migrant workers and trafficking (IV): Illegal immigration to Singapore |work=[[China Central Television]]|url= http://www.cctv.com/program/asiatoday/20070123/105677.shtml|access-date=2012-04-07}}</ref> The punishment for illegal immigration in the country are a mandatory caning sentence of not less than 3 strokes and a prison sentence.<ref>{{cite news|title= WORLD : Illegal Aliens Caned in Singapore |work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|url= http://articles.latimes.com/1989-04-27/news/mn-2050_1_new-immigration-law-singapore-immigration-officials|access-date=2012-04-07}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title= Singapore and Malaysia crackdown on illegal immigrants |work=[[BBC]]|url= http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/65530.stm|access-date=2012-04-02}}</ref>
Singapore is an attractive destination due to its high living standards and wages.<ref>{{cite news|title= Migrant workers and trafficking (IV): Illegal immigration to Singapore |work=[[China Central Television]]|url= http://www.cctv.com/program/asiatoday/20070123/105677.shtml|access-date=2012-04-07}}</ref> The punishment for illegal immigration in the country are a mandatory caning sentence of not less than 3 strokes and a prison sentence.<ref>{{cite news|title= WORLD : Illegal Aliens Caned in Singapore |work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|url= http://articles.latimes.com/1989-04-27/news/mn-2050_1_new-immigration-law-singapore-immigration-officials|access-date=2012-04-07}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title= Singapore and Malaysia crackdown on illegal immigrants |work=[[BBC]]|url= http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/65530.stm|access-date=2012-04-02}}</ref>


Illegal immigration has been steadily declining from 2001 to 2011.<ref>{{cite news|title= Number of immigration offenders falls to record low in 2011: ICA |work=[[Strait Times]]|url= http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_763557.html|access-date=2012-04-02}}</ref> <ref>{{cite news|title=WORLD : Illegal Aliens Caned in Singapore|work=[[Ministry of Home Affairs (Singapore)|Ministry of Home Affairs]]|url=http://www.mha.gov.sg/basic_content.aspx?pageid=83|access-date=2012-04-02|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071114130109/http://www.mha.gov.sg/basic_content.aspx?pageid=83|archive-date=2007-11-14}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title= Number of immigration offenders falls to record low in 2011: ICA |work=[[CCTV]]|url= http://www.cctv.com/program/asiatoday/20070123/105677.shtml|access-date=2012-04-02}}</ref>
Illegal immigration has been steadily declining from 2001 to 2011.<ref>{{cite news|title= Number of immigration offenders falls to record low in 2011: ICA |work=[[Straits Times]]|url= http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_763557.html|access-date=2012-04-02}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=WORLD : Illegal Aliens Caned in Singapore|work=[[Ministry of Home Affairs (Singapore)|Ministry of Home Affairs]]|url=http://www.mha.gov.sg/basic_content.aspx?pageid=83|access-date=2012-04-02|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071114130109/http://www.mha.gov.sg/basic_content.aspx?pageid=83|archive-date=2007-11-14}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title= Number of immigration offenders falls to record low in 2011: ICA |work=[[CCTV]]|url= http://www.cctv.com/program/asiatoday/20070123/105677.shtml|access-date=2012-04-02}}</ref>


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 16:33, 5 February 2022

Singapore is an attractive destination due to its high living standards and wages.[1] The punishment for illegal immigration in the country are a mandatory caning sentence of not less than 3 strokes and a prison sentence.[2][3]

Illegal immigration has been steadily declining from 2001 to 2011.[4][5][6]

References

  1. ^ "Migrant workers and trafficking (IV): Illegal immigration to Singapore". China Central Television. Retrieved 2012-04-07.
  2. ^ "WORLD : Illegal Aliens Caned in Singapore". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2012-04-07.
  3. ^ "Singapore and Malaysia crackdown on illegal immigrants". BBC. Retrieved 2012-04-02.
  4. ^ "Number of immigration offenders falls to record low in 2011: ICA". Straits Times. Retrieved 2012-04-02.
  5. ^ "WORLD : Illegal Aliens Caned in Singapore". Ministry of Home Affairs. Archived from the original on 2007-11-14. Retrieved 2012-04-02.
  6. ^ "Number of immigration offenders falls to record low in 2011: ICA". CCTV. Retrieved 2012-04-02.