The city-state has put in a number of measures to ensure what it calls 'protections for local employees' by cutting back visas and raising the salary level for foreigners

During the height of the pandemic, most GCC nations saw a mass exodus of expats as jobs dried up

Expat residents and workers are departing from Hong Kong in greater numbers than those arriving, according to the South China Morning Post

Restaurant groups and investment banks said they forked out millions of dollars on quarantine costs in 2021 so their staff could visit their families