What we are currently doing right now is continuing to build communication with the Korean Embassy.Jakarta (ANTARA) - The Indonesian Manpower Ministry continues to coordinate with the Korean government to reopen the G-to-G placement scheme for potential Indonesian migrant workers within the country.
"To this day, the Korean government has not yet provided clarification on when the placement of potential Indonesian migrant workers will be conducted," the ministry's official, Suhartono, noted in a press statement here on Monday.
The efforts are still underway to send Indonesian migrant workers to Korea, including by sending a letter to the Minister of Employment and Labour (MoEL) of the Republic of Korea on July 26, 2021, he noted.
Suhartono also remarked that the Korean Language Training Institution Association (Pelbakori) had urged the government to act promptly to reopen the Indonesian migrant workers' placement to Korea.
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Potential migrant workers realize that this placement will generate revenue that the nation required in order to facilitate recovery of the national economy from the COVID-19 pandemic, he noted.
Thus far, Korea has become one of the popular destination countries for Indonesian migrant workers on the account of its massive income as well as workplace safety guarantee, Suhartono highlighted.
In terms of the regulation and the memorandum of understanding (MoU) signing between Indonesia and Korea, no issue concerning the placement of Indonesian migrant workers to Korea had yet cropped up, he pointed out.
According to the ministry's official, the MoU will automatically be extended as soon as it expires.
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"What we are currently doing is continuing to build communication with the Korean Embassy," he noted.
Suhartono is optimistic that the Korean government would have its own considerations regarding the placement of workforce from other countries.
"What is important right now is strengthening communication with Korea, so that Indonesian migrant workers' status is at par with those in other countries," he elaborated.
Suhartono remarked that the government will continue to strive to administer the vaccine, requested by the Korean government, to Indonesian migrant workers that will depart to Korea since the country did not accept Sinovac.
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