If they choose to terminate their contacts to find new jobs in other countries, we will facilitate them.
Jakarta (ANTARA) - Head of the Indonesian Migrant Worker Protection Agency (BP2MI) Benny Rhamdani made assurance of accommodating the returning 30 migrant workers evacuated from Ukraine to their respective hometowns after completing their quarantine period.

"The return of the migrant workers to their hometowns is our responsibility," Rhamdani remarked during a virtual press conference on Friday.

Most of them from Bali worked as spa therapists in Ukraine.

The agency confirmed that eight of the 30 workers were registered in BP2MI’s Computerized System for Indonesian Migrant Worker Protection (SISKOP2MI).

Meanwhile, the rest of them had not been recorded in the system, the BP2MI head noted.

However, the 22 people were not non-procedural employees. They were official workers, who were sent through an independent worker dispatch scheme.

Rhamdani affirmed that the eight workers registered in the system had got employment social security. Meanwhile, the BP2MI still needs to verify the social security of the 22 other employees.

Furthermore, the employees are allowed to hold their contracts at their current workplace in Ukraine. However, they have to wait until the conflict is over before they can return to work in the country.

"If they choose to terminate their contracts to find new jobs in other countries, we will facilitate them. We will facilitate their mediation with users in their desired placement countries," the BP2MI head added.

Currently, all evacuated migrant workers are conducting isolation at the Pasar Rumput COVID-19 Emergency Hospital.

Related news: Some 30 Indonesian migrant workers evacuated from Ukraine

Earlier, a total of 80 Indonesian citizens (WNI) evacuated from Ukraine had landed at the Soekarno-Hatta Airport, Tangerang City, Banten Province, at 5:10 p.m. Western Indonesian Standard Time (WIB) on March 3, 2022.

In her remarks while welcoming the evacuees at the airport, Foreign Affairs Minister Retno Marsudi lauded BP2MI for the help extended during the repatriation process.

However, six migrant workers are still left in Bucharest, Romania, since they have been tested positive for COVID-19.

Related news: Eighty Indonesian citizens evacuated from Ukraine reach Tangerang

Translator: Prisca Violleta, Uyu Liman
Editor: Rahmad Nasution
Copyright © ANTARA 2022