Saudi Arabia Reforms Migrant Workers Protection System So The Reason Minister Karding Reopens Moratorium

Minister of Protection of Indonesian Migrant Workers (P2MI) Abdul Kadir Karding. (doc KemenP2M)

JAKARTA - Minister of Protection of Indonesian Migrant Workers (P2MI) Abdul Kadir Karding revealed the reason his party wanted to revoke the moratorium on sending PMIs to Saudi Arabia. He said that the Saudi Arabian government had reformed the protection system for Indonesian migrant workers working in the domestic sector.

Minister Karding said the reform was carried out by the Government of Saudi Arabia, which intends to cooperate with the Government of Indonesia in the placement of Indonesian migrant workers.

The reform of the domestic worker protection system consists of selecting employers, facilitating fair recruitment to work contracts monitored by the Saudi Arabian government.

Prospective employers, financial verification of legal status of regulatory compliance and worker quota restrictions. Musaneed selects employers, verifies track records and finances and ensures compliance," said Minister Karding in a Hearing Meeting (RDP) of the Indonesian Migrant Workers Protection Ministry (KemenP2MI) with Commission IX DPR RI at the Parliament Complex, Senayan, Jakarta, Monday, April 28.

Minister Karding explained, so far one of the systems for distributing Indonesian migrant workers abroad has used the Indonesian Migrant Worker Placement Company (P3MI) agency. Strengthening the protection governance continues to be carried out on the placement system, so that until now those who work abroad through P3MI tend not to have problems.

"Therefore, the Philippines, Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, uses a new system that we convey today, namely the embloyer, the agency of Indonesian migrant workers, P3MI. Thank God they are in the track record, there is no problem, now that is one picture of placement through the agency. we will make it a pilot project only, "said Minister Karding.

Then, Minister Karding said that the placement through the agency would be carried out with the provisions that the Government of Saudi Arabia must approve the agency to carry out periodic monitoring of migrant workers and employers.

"We make it a pilot project with the provision that the Saudi Arabian government must approve adding the agency's responsibility to carry out periodic monitoring of migrant workers and employers," said Minister Karding.