BP2MI Says 143 Thousand PMIs Have Been Departed Until July 2023

Head of the Indonesian Migrant Workers Protection Agency (BP2MI) Benny Rhamdani (right). (Photo: Theresia Agatha/VOI)

JAKARTA - Head of the Indonesian Migrant Worker Protection Agency (BP2MI) Benny Rhamdani said that his party had released a total of 143,000 Indonesian Migrant Workers (PMI), until July 2023.

"Well, for this semester, our placement has reached 143,000," said Benny in Jakarta, Monday, July 10.

Benny said that all PMIs that were dispatched had gone through various schemes, ranging from government to government (G to G) to private to private (P to P).

"(For PMIs that have been dispatched) the scheme is G to G or independent," he said.

According to Benny, with this scheme, PMI is no longer underestimated by the public.

"But what is more important is how changes in the mindset paradigm of the public today no longer underestimates migrant workers, places them as special, special people," he said.

The Head of BP2MI added that his party is targeting the placement of around 280 thousand PMIs for 2023.

"Well, for the next semester, our placement has reached 143,000, meaning that in the next semester we are sure we can be at 280 thousand," he added.