Flying To Malaysia, The Minister Of Manpower Optimizes The Protection Of Indonesian Migrant Workers

JAKARTA - The governments of the Republic of Indonesia (RI) and Malaysia continue to discuss the optimization of the protection of Indonesian migrant workers or PMI.

The Indonesian Minister of Manpower Ida Fauziyah during her working visit to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia met with Malaysian Government officials to discuss optimizing the protection and resolution of PMI issues.

"The main problem that must be resolved is related to the implementation of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for the placement and protection of domestic PMIs that have been signed, namely fair law enforcement and residual issues for PMI protection," he said, quoting Antara.

He stated that other problems in the placement and protection of PMI that need to be resolved include repatriation, recalibration policies, system integration according to the process flow, and dissemination of domestic PMI recruitment information according to the applicable mechanism.

"We hope that these issues can be a concern of the Malaysian Government through the Minister of Sivakumar, because it is an inseparable part of the agreement between the two countries in implementing the signed MoU," he said.

Ida believes that the Minister of Human Resources of Malaysia V. Sivakumar as well as other relevant ministries and institutions in Malaysia supports optimizing the implementation of a memorandum of understanding of cooperation regarding the placement and protection of Indonesian workers in Malaysia, especially those working in the domestic sector.