Malaysia Promises To Protect PMI Seriously, Starting August 1, 2022 Indonesia Reopens Shipping

JAKARTA - The Indonesian government has reopened the placement of Indonesian migrant workers (PMI) for all sectors to Malaysia starting August 1, 2022.

"Thursday morning, the Indonesian Minister of Manpower (Menaker) Ida Fauziyah and Malaysian Minister of Human Resources M. Saravanan signed a joint statement regarding the implementation of the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on the Placement and Protection of Indonesian Migrant Workers in the Domestic Sector in Malaysia," said the Indonesian Ambassador to Malaysia. Malaysia Hermono when contacted in Jakarta, Antara, Thursday, July 28.

He added that the item included in the joint statement was the decision to reopen the placement of Indonesian migrant workers for all sectors to Malaysia starting August 1.

The reopening of the placement of Indonesian migrant workers was carried out because the Malaysian government was committed to seriously implementing the memorandum of understanding (MoU) on the Placement and Protection of Indonesian Migrant Workers in the Domestic Sector in Malaysia.

"Yesterday, on July 13, we decided to temporarily stop sending PMIs to Malaysia because Malaysia has no commitment to implement the MoU. But now that Malaysia is willing to implement the MoU, of course we will reopen it," he said.

Due to the conditions for reopening PMI shipments, Ambassador Hermono continued, Malaysia is committed to implementing the memorandum of understanding.

"Earlier it was to agree on what needs to be done to implement the memorandum of understanding (MoU) on the Placement and Protection of Indonesian Migrant Workers. In principle, the two countries, especially Malaysia, are willing to implement what has been agreed in the MoU," he said.

Ambassador Hermono said his party continued to monitor the implementation of the memorandum of understanding.

"We'll see if the commitment is really implemented or if there are obstacles, this is what we have to monitor because earlier both parties agreed to fully implement the agreement," he said.

In addition to the signing of the joint statement, the recording of talks (RoD) was also signed, which was signed by the Director General of Binapenta and PKK of the Ministry of Manpower, Suhartono and Deputy Secretary General of the Ministry of Human Resources of Malaysia, Khair Razman.

"RoD is used for our internal interests as a guide for what needs to be done," he said.