Ministry Of PPMI Faces Big PR: Five Million Indonesian Migrant Workers Illegal
SEMARANG - Currently, there are more than five million illegal Indonesian migrant workers (PMI) who work abroad. This number is called the Minister of Protection for Indonesian Migrant Workers (PPMI) Abdul Kadir Karding.
"So, the average (listed PMI) departing is more than five million, and those who are not registered are more than five million as well," he said, in Semarang, as reported by ANTARA, Saturday, November 16.
This was conveyed when he opened a public discussion entitled "The Opportunities and Challenges of Working Abroad", at the Auditorium of the Faculty of Fisheries and Marine Sciences (FPIK) of Diponegoro University, Semarang.
He said PMIs were spread across 100 destination countries, such as Malaysia, Saudi Arabia, Taiwan, South Korea, and Hong Kong.
He admitted that the unregistered migrant workers, aka illegal, had indeed become homework (PR) for the Ministry of PPMI.
Because, he said, illegal PMIs are prone to exploitation and become victims of criminal acts of trafficking in persons (TPPO).
"Because they departed not procedural, illegal. The state cannot guarantee someone's fate because they are not included in SISKOP2MI," he said.
SISKOP2MI is a Computerization System for the Placement and Protection Service of Indonesian Migrant Workers, namely a system that provides protection services for PMI.
The impact of illegal departures abroad, he said, PMI does not have the skills or skills needed to work in a destination country.
"Because (PMI) is not registered, on average, there are more loss skills. So, there (the destination country) is vulnerable to exploitation," he said.
Therefore, he said, the Ministry of PPMI will strengthen PMI's capabilities, especially regarding the competencies needed in the destination country.
"We have to prepare workers who really have skills. Later there will be certification for their workers. There is training, at least they have participated in safety based training," he said.
In addition, Karding reminded that PMIs who will go abroad must also have good foreign language skills.