Wednesday, July 29, 2009
Jakarta, (ANTARA) - Indonesian migrant workers should be protected since before and after they have left for their overseas jobs, a migrant manpower official said.
"Pre-departure problems are the main factors in the difficulties many Indonesian migrant workers face abroad," head of the National Agency for Placement and Protection of Migrant Workers (BNP2TKI), Moh Jumhur Hidayat, said.
He made the statement in a text message from Amman, Jordan, on Wednesday.
Jumhur Hidayat was in Amman to lead a coordination meeting on the placement and protection of Indonesian workers in various Middle East countries.
The coordination meeting was also attended by Indonesian Ambassador to Jordan and Palestine Zainulbaharnoor, Director for Middle East Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Aidil Chandra Salim, Director of Protection and Advocacy for Middle East, Africa and Europe Syaiful Idhom, Director for External Cooperation for Middle East, Africa and Europe Siswaningsih and other officials from BNP2TKI.
A number of Indonesian diplomats from Jeddah, Dubai, Sana`a, Riyadh, Kuwait, Doha, Damascus and Abu Dhabi also attended as participants of the coordination meeting.
"Difficulties faced by Indonesian embassies so far mostly arise due to unsettled pre-departure problems of Indonesian migrant workers," Jumhur said.
He cited as examples the lack of serious training for workers, poor language command and legal knowledge on their rights, cultural problems and lack of mental preparations. These all became sources for the weak protection of Indonesian migrant workers abroad.
Jumhur said that if the protection system for workers were prepared since the beginning of the recruitment process, protection for workers abroad would become more effective and easier to do.
"So, effective protection for Indonesian workers should be made both at home and abroad," he added.
The Amman meeting was held to increase coordination on the protection of Indonesian workers in the Middle East region in an effort to handle the problem of workers in the informal sector, particularly domestic helpers. (*)
Jakarta, (ANTARA) - Indonesian migrant workers should be protected since before and after they have left for their overseas jobs, a migrant manpower official said.
"Pre-departure problems are the main factors in the difficulties many Indonesian migrant workers face abroad," head of the National Agency for Placement and Protection of Migrant Workers (BNP2TKI), Moh Jumhur Hidayat, said.
He made the statement in a text message from Amman, Jordan, on Wednesday.
Jumhur Hidayat was in Amman to lead a coordination meeting on the placement and protection of Indonesian workers in various Middle East countries.
The coordination meeting was also attended by Indonesian Ambassador to Jordan and Palestine Zainulbaharnoor, Director for Middle East Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Aidil Chandra Salim, Director of Protection and Advocacy for Middle East, Africa and Europe Syaiful Idhom, Director for External Cooperation for Middle East, Africa and Europe Siswaningsih and other officials from BNP2TKI.
A number of Indonesian diplomats from Jeddah, Dubai, Sana`a, Riyadh, Kuwait, Doha, Damascus and Abu Dhabi also attended as participants of the coordination meeting.
"Difficulties faced by Indonesian embassies so far mostly arise due to unsettled pre-departure problems of Indonesian migrant workers," Jumhur said.
He cited as examples the lack of serious training for workers, poor language command and legal knowledge on their rights, cultural problems and lack of mental preparations. These all became sources for the weak protection of Indonesian migrant workers abroad.
Jumhur said that if the protection system for workers were prepared since the beginning of the recruitment process, protection for workers abroad would become more effective and easier to do.
"So, effective protection for Indonesian workers should be made both at home and abroad," he added.
The Amman meeting was held to increase coordination on the protection of Indonesian workers in the Middle East region in an effort to handle the problem of workers in the informal sector, particularly domestic helpers. (*)
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