Navigating through the hostility: International students in Singapore

Over the past decade Singaporeans have taking to social media to accuse the government of displacing locals in favour of international students for public-funded university places. In 2011 Singaporeans took their frustrations to the polls which resulted in the worse parliamentary electoral showing by the incumbent People's Action Party (PAP) in the history of Singapore. While there have not been reported open aggression towards international students, do they face other kinds of hostility and how do they dealt with this? Through interviews with 61 university-going international students pursuing full-time degrees in Singapore, this chapter documents the anti-foreign sentiments respondents face in their host society and the strategies they use to deal with local hostility and negativity.