Central Java Manpower And Transmigration Office: 300 Families Queue To Become Transmigrants

SEMARANG - The Manpower and Transmigration Office of Central Java said there were at least 300 families (KK) who had queued up to become transmigrants to improve their standard of living economically.

"The potential of Central Java residents who wish to transmigrate is 300-KK-," said Head of Central Java Manpower and Transmigration Office Ahmad Aziz when confirmed in Semarang, Saturday.

According to him, the Central Java Manpower and Transmigration Office has also pocketed the names and addresses of its citizens who want to move or transmigrate, but the quota provided by the Ministry of Transmigration is limited.

Therefore, he said, of the 300 families who this year recorded that they wanted to leave for transmigration, not all of them could be channeled into transmigrants by 2025.

In 2024, there will be at least 16 families from Central Java who have been sent departing for transmigration, such as in Sumatra, Kalimantan, to Sulawesi.

He explained that the transmigration coveted by some Central Java residents was actually not just to find a more decent living, but also to build suburban areas in Indonesia.

"Transmigration is not only for the welfare of the person concerned, but also for building from the outskirts, the glue of the Republic of Indonesia, and to motivate the destination area," he said.

Because, he said, with the presence of Central Java residents to the transmigration destination, land that was initially unemployed could be managed properly.

"When there are Central Java residents who transmigrate, they manage the land there diligently and well. Finally, the natives are also happy. There is cultural acculturation, customs that strengthen the Unitary State of the Republic of Indonesia by building suburban areas," he said.

Based on data from the Central Java Manpower and Transmigration Office, there are a number of areas that are transmigrant destinations from Central Java, namely the most in Mamuju (West Sulawesi), Lamandau in Central Kalimantan, and Sijunjung in West Sumatra.

"Most of the professions are farmers, according to the potential there. It can be - rice farmers, it can be oil palm farmers, according to the potential there. In fact, in Lamandau it shifts coffee," he said.

Aziz revealed that the transmigration process went through several important stages that had to be met.

Regencies/cities that own land must apply for the land to become a transmigration location, and supporting facilities are also taken into account.