Speaking at an online forum organised by the Institute of Policy Studies titled "Migrant workers: Policy responses and lessons from the Covid-19 pandemic", SMU Dean of Students and Professor of Sociology (Practice) Paulin Straughan said many Singaporeans object to migrant workers living among them, citing health and safety concerns. SMU Associate Professor of Law Eugene Tan commented that Singaporeans have become used to the benefits of cheap and transient foreign labour. "There has not been enough focus on the values that make up the kind of Singapore we want our children to grow up in," he added.