Ridwan Kamil Releases 19 Families Of West Java Transmigrants To Kalimantan And Aceh

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BANDUNG - West Java Governor M Ridwan Kamil released 19 families (KK) from West Java (Jabar) who were dispatched through the transmigration program to Kalimantan and Aceh.

"They will stay at the transmigration site to do business in agriculture," said Ridwan Kamil after releasing 19 transmigrant families from West Java, quoted by Antara, Monday, December 13.

He said many transmigrants from West Java were successful outside the region and there were even descendants who became officials at their transmigration locations.

"West Java transmigrants are in great demand in Indonesia, many of which ask for Central Kalimantan, Aceh, and Central Sulawesi. There are so many who have requested and indeed in 2021 our quota should be from the ministry of 45 people, but with the pandemic refocusing 19 families," he said.

Ridwan Kamil asked districts and cities to socialize transmigration and the West Java Provincial Government to coordinate with city and district governments to organize this program.

Meanwhile, Head of the Manpower and Transmigration Office of West Java Province, Rachmat Taufik Garsadi, said that there were 13 families who would participate in the transmigration program for the placement destination in Simeulue Regency, Aceh and to Kapuas Regency, Central Kalimantan.

"All departures are carried out by air via Soekarno Hatta Airport in Tangerang. Prior to placement, transmigrants have received briefings, both soft skills and hard skills," he said.

Taufik said the briefing and training had been carried out for seven days from November 8 to November 14, 2021.

There is also the pattern of transmigration applied in these two transmigration locations is an agricultural pattern. The transmigration location has the characteristics of wet agricultural land.

"The yard can be planted with vegetables, as well as the business area for growing crops," said Taufik.

At the placement location, transmigrants are facilitated with clothing, food, and housing in the form of a house to live in, as well as living allowances according to the time determined based on the MOU with the placement area.

In addition, each transmigrant family will receive kadedeuh money assistance from the West Java Provincial Government and CSR from Bank BJB worth Rp. 4,000,000 as well as assistance from the Ministry of Villages, Development of Disadvantaged Regions and Transmigration.

For information, one of the problems faced by the West Java Provincial Government at this time is the high level of open unemployment.

On November 5, 2021, the Central Statistics Agency has released that the West Java workforce in 2021 is 24.74 million people, 22.31 million people are working and 2.43 million people are unemployed or 9.82 percent.

Although there was a decrease of 0.64 percent from last year, the unemployment rate in West Java was still high when compared to other provinces in Indonesia.

This is of course due not only to the high population in West Java, which is 49.94 million people, but also to the high flow of migration to West Java.

In addition, the COVID-19 pandemic has had a significant impact on the formal employment sector, based on BPS data that 460,000 workers have been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic in West Java.