During the discussion on the Indonesian migrant workers' placement law, he highlighted that non-procedural placement is linked to human trafficking.
Therefore, collaboration between stakeholders is necessary to protect migrant workers.
Everyone must uphold the spirit of eradicating non-procedural placement, which has a highly negative impact on the nation's reputation, specifically from the perspective of human rights of both future and current Indonesian migrant workers, he noted.
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On the business side of the matter, Indonesian migrant workers placement companies (P3MI) are also being pushed to carry out their business morally and in accordance with the existing regulations.
Moreover, both central and regional governments have continued to implement regulations concerning Indonesian migrant workers, such as the one described in Law No. 18 of 2017 on Indonesian Migrant Workers Protection.
The ministry has also continued to take serious steps for eradicating actors conducting non-procedural Indonesian migrant workers placement, Adiratna assured.
Recently, the ministry delivered a suspect along with evidence to the Cilacap Attorney General's Office, Central Java.
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The suspect, identified as DP, was handed over on March 16, 2022, for allegedly placing Indonesian migrant workers through the non-procedural method.
This step was meant as a lesson and was aimed at deterring perpetrators from undertaking non-procedural placement of Indonesian migrant workers, Adiratna explained.
In related news, in a statement issued on Tuesday, the ministry issued a decree updating the list of nations that Indonesian migrant workers can be placed in.
Workers can now be placed in 65 nations through private to private (P to P), individual, and government to government (G to G) schemes.
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Editor: Fardah Assegaf
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