233 © The Author(s) 2020 S. Yea, Paved with Good Intentions?, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-3239-5_9 CHAPTER 9 Conclusion: Paved with Good Intentions? A TALE OF TWO VIGNETTES This book has sought to understand the dynamics of the emerging anti- traf fcking movement and framework by examining its evolution and impulses, discourses, and strategies in a particular context. Singapore was a logical choice to provide the site for such an examination, in part because it is situated geographically as a signifcant regional destination for human traf fcking in a range of sectors and drawing migrants from a large number of ‘source’ countries in both South and Southeast Asia. Whilst these cir- cumstances enable a detailed engagement with the experiences of exploit- ative sojourns amongst migrant labourers, the choice of Singapore as the site for discussion was also driven by my fortuitous opportunity to trace the contours of an incipient anti-traf fcking movement there from its inception in the early 2010s to the present day. A few weeks before completing my feldwork in Singapore in late 2015, two seemingly unrelated events provided pause to refect on the argu- ments made in this book. The frst involved an email I received from the Director of the NGO Emancipasia asking if I could advise on an appropri- ate NGO to direct someone to, regarding a possible case referral. It seemed the Director had been contacted by a person concerned for a migrant entertainer they had stumbled across in Singapore. Whilst case referrals are common elements of anti-traf fcking work, this situation rein- forced a concern I had identifed several years earlier, namely, that many organisations claiming to be working on human traf fcking in Singapore,