SINGAPORE: As traveller volume surged in 2022, authorities detected a 15-fold increase in the number of people attempting to enter Singapore under a different or impersonated identity. While there were just 28 such cases in 2021, that figure jumped to 441 last year, said the Immigration and
SINGAPORE: As traveller volume surged in 2022, authorities detected a 15-fold increase in the number of people attempting to enter Singapore under a different or impersonated identity.
"The majority of the harbourers arrested in 2022 were either family members or friends of the immigration offenders, who claimed to have overlooked to extend or renew the offenders' immigration pass or did not check their immigration status," said ICA. "The majority of the employers had failed to exercise due diligence; they did not conduct checks before employing them or did not ensure that their immigration status in Singapore remained valid throughout the employment period," said ICA.
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