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VIVAnews - The government decided to suspend sending Indonesian migrant workers to Saudi Arabia, which will be effective starting 1 August, 2011. The policy is the government’s measure for the execution against Ruyati binti Satubi.
According to Reyna Usman, Acting Director General of worker placement Ministry of Manpower and Transmigration, before the moratorium is imposed on Saudi Arabia, the sending of Indonesian workers to other Middle Eastern countries has already been stopped. “To Syria, Kuwait and Jordan,” said Reyna when contacted by Vivanews.com in Jakarta Thursday, June 23, 2011.
The moratorium is put into effect to Arabian countries, he said, because of the countries’ lack of excellent protection and service for Indonesians who work and going to work there.
Thus, Reyna recommended, it is better that Indonesian workers who plan to work abroad choose the countries that are free from the suspension, such as Asian countries. “The suspension is effective for almost all Arabian countries. So, better choose other countries,” he said.
He explained that so far Brunei Darussalam, Singapore, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Korea can still be ideal destinations for Indonesian migrant workers. Those countries respect the workers’ rights.
Reyna went on that Malaysia can also be an alternative for Indonesian workers as the moratorium policy for the country will end in June 2011.
This was confirmed after the Indonesian and Malaysian governments signed an amendment to the Memorandum of Understanding on Indonesian migrant workers sending and protection. Some points in the agreement are the change of the holder of Indonesian worker’s passport from the employer to the respective worker, weekly leaves, cost structure management and access to communication.
In the mean time, based on Bank Indonesia’s data, from the aspect of the number of Indonesian worker placement, the largest is to Saudi Arabia, with 58,335 people in April 2011. However, this figure is a decrease from that of April 2010, 76,502 people. The number of Indonesian workers placed in Saudi Arabia throughout 2010 totaled 228,890.
At the second place is Malaysia with the number of placements of 33,485 people as of April 2011, or dropped from April 2010’s figure of 37,529. As of 2010, the number of placements in Malaysia is 115,624.
The total of Indonesian worker’s placement in the world is 570,285 throughout 2010. The figure plunged from 2009’s 636,813.
Translated by Indah Lestari
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