BP2MI Failed To Smuggle 319 PMIs Over The Last 3 Years

Illustration of Indonesian Migrant Workers (PMI). (Antaranews)

JAKARTA - The Indonesian Migrant Workers Protection Agency (BP2MI) has succeeded in illegally thwarting the illegal delivery of 319 Indonesian migrant workers (PMI).

"This figure is a handling and prevention in the West Kalimantan (West Kalimantan) region and recently in Bengkayang," said West Kalimantan BP2MI Representative Fadzar Alimin when contacted on Thursday, September 22.

He explained that of the 319 PMIs that were successfully prevented, in 2020 there were 46 people, in 2021 there were 134 people, and until mid-September 2022 there were 139 people.

"From year to year, prevention and countermeasures that are carried out tend to increase the number of cases. With the synergy between BP2MI and various policy makers, including the disclosure of law enforcement officers in the West Kalimantan region, it is also stated that there are more illegal PMI cases," he said. confiscated by Antara.

Nevertheless, he continued, although the number of cases rose, simultaneously decreased, because the methods and modes of the perpetrators could already be known when in action.

"The most prominent reason regarding the rise of illegal PMIs entering the West Kalimantan-Malaysia border area is due to the existence of traditional migration. Traditional migration means that people have been used to working as illegal PMIs to Malaysia even without official administration and procedures," he said.

He conveyed that it was a joint task to inform all parties to use official channels and not violate the rules that had been set. In accordance with Law Number 18 of 2017.

"So, in this case, we are not making it difficult. This is more in the direction to provide protection for themselves," he said.