Every year, more than 200,000 migrant workers make a four-hour flight to Singapore to take up lowly paid jobs shunned by locals. They leave their families behind with the promise of a better life, hoping to bank them out of poverty. Their parents, wives and young children await with a heavy heart, harping on a renewed hope beyond their absence. Some return to eventually live an economic fairytale, but others continue to struggle.

"The Invisible Migrant" chronicles the life of Belayet Abdul, a 25-year-old construction worker who has been out of work for more than a month. He left his hometown in Dhaka, Bangladesh four years ago to build a brighter future for his family but today stands a broken man, still unable to live up to his promise.

This is his story.

By Haikal Latiff, Sim Xizhe, Shalyn Kan, Qaisarah Seiw of Singapore Polytechnic, Diploma in Creative Writing for TV and New Media