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New COVID-19 variant B1525 identified in Batam of Riau Islands

B1525, a new variant of COVID-19, was detected in Batam in an Indonesian migrant worker in Malaysia that had returned ...

Ministry registers 1,451 cases of Indonesian crew on foreign vessels

The Foreign Affairs Ministry recorded 1,451 cases involving Indonesian crew members on foreign-flagged fishing vessels ...

Apply LTSA to improve migrant workers' protection and placement

The Ministry of Manpower has encouraged local governments to significantly contribute to streamlining the management, ...

Malaysian PM Yassin ensures protection of Indonesian migrant workers

Malaysian Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin, during his official visit to Indonesia, has made assurance of offering ...

Indonesian worker discharged from Sarawak hospital awaits repatriation

Officials of the Indonesian Consulate General in Kuching picked up Abdan, an undocumented migrant worker, who was ...

Repatriation of 4,600 migrant workers via Entikong in Jan-Dec 2020

The Indonesian Migrant Workers Protection Agency (BP2MI), West Kalimantan, recorded that some 4,600 migrant workers ...

43 Indonesian human-trafficking victims repatriated: Foreign Minister

At least 43 Indonesians who reportedly fell prey to human-trafficking operations in the Middle Eastern countries were ...

Jokowi calls for reforming ecosystem of migrant worker dispatch

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has pressed for conducting reform of the migrant worker dispatch ecosystem to offer ...

202 migrant workers deported from Malaysia arrive at Kualanamu Airport

Nearly 202 illegal Indonesian migrant workers deported from Malaysia arrived at Kualanamu International Airport in Deli ...

Stop activities for three minutes to observe Independence Day: Govt

The government has made an earnest appeal to Indonesians to stop their activities for three minutes on August 17, 2020, ...

BP2MI to launch task force against illegal migrant worker placements

The Indonesian Migrant Worker Protection Agency (BP2MI) will launch its task force for the eradication of illegal ...

New protocol requires international flyers to submit swab test result

International flyers will now need to submit PCR swab test results, showing they have tested negative for COVID-19, ...

President urges close monitoring of COVID-19 transmission clusters

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has laid emphasis on closely monitoring COVID-19 transmission clusters in various ...

Opinion

Stranded far from home: the protection of Indonesian migrant workers

*Hana Naufanita is a research intern at the Jakarta-based Centre for Strategic and International Studies ...

Six buildings used for quarantining Malaysia-returned migrant workers

The Social Affairs Ministry has readied six buildings in some regions to function as temporary shelters to quarantine ...