CIREBON - Minister of Protection of Indonesian Migrant Workers (P2MI) Abdul Kadir Karding said Indonesian migrant workers (PMI) have a very high chance of getting a higher salary. He also encouraged people who want to work abroad to increase their language skills so that they are easily accepted in placement countries.
This was conveyed by Minister Karding when giving motivation to dozens of students who were studying at the UPT Plumbon Work Training Center (BLK) belonging to the Cirebon Regency Manpower Office, Central Java, Saturday, May 17.
"The orientation should not only work domestically. It remains only to add language training for about 3 to 6 months. After being certified, registering and assisted by the government, you can go abroad," he said, confiscated by Antara.
Minister Karding gave an example, migrant workers in South Korea, for example, for welders' salaries as students are studying at Plumbon BLK, reaching IDR 15-20 million per month.
On the one hand, Minister Karding said the opportunity to work abroad was legally very large. For this reason, he hopes that the Cirebon Regency Government will help the Ministry of Protection for Indonesian Migrant Workers (KemenP2MI) capture this opportunity by preparing prospective Indonesian migrant workers who are competent to fill the labor market abroad.
According to Minister Karding, based on the data he currently has pocketed, as many as 70 thousand Cirebon residents work abroad as of 2024.
"If it is managed properly, well prepared that is skilled, then the advantage is for Cirebon, namely employment, reducing unemployment and income entering the regions," he said.
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Minister Karding said that the number automatically raised foreign exchange and eradicated unemployment in Cirebon.
He gave an example, if only tens of thousands of migrant workers from Cirebon send Rp5 million each month to their families, then collecting Rp600 billion per year can drive the regional economy.
"Therefore, I ask the Deputy Regent and the Head of the Kadis, it is better if we make a vocational or vocational center, or it can be called a migrant center. Later it will be trained, there will be certification, complete with a special ecosystem, including a curriculum that is adjusted to the destination country for delivery to prepare prospective migrant workers," said Minister Karding.
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