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Breaking the vicious cycle of illegal migrant worker deportation

Economic pressure has been driving many Indonesians to desperately try their luck abroad, including in neighboring ...

Bali tightens departure of migrant worker to prevent human trafficking

The Ngurah Rai Immigration Office in Bali tightens the departure of Indonesian Migrant Workers (PMI) to prevent workers ...

Iwapi seeks legal basis for domestic workers' protection

Deputy Head of the Indonesian Businesswomen’s Association (Iwapi) Rinawati Prihatiningsih has ...

Kupang police foils attempt to send 23 illegal migrant workers

The Kupang city police on Saturday evening prevented 23 Indonesians suspected of hunting jobs illegally in Malaysia ...

Jokowi lauds Malaysia's commitment to increase protection for PMI

Indonesian President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) praised Malaysian Prime Minister (PM) Anwar Ibrahim's commitment to the ...

Jokowi visits Malaysia to discuss border issues, worker protection

Indonesian President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) will discuss border issues, protection of Indonesian migrant workers (PMI), ...

Minister asks companies to create workplaces without discrimination

Minister of Manpower Ida Fauziyah has asked companies to commit to creating comfortable workplaces without ...

ASEAN chairmanship to open jobs for West Java PMI: official

Indonesia's ASEAN chairmanship this year could help expand the job market and opportunities for Indonesian migrant ...

Minister lauds extension of PPRT Bill task force's duties

Women's Empowerment and Child Protection Minister (PPPA) Bintang Puspayoga lauded the Presidential Staff Office ...

Assembly urges House to swifty deliberate bill on domestic workers

The deputy speaker of the People's Consultative Assembly, Lestari Moerdijat, urged the House of ...

Providing better protection to domestic workers

The number of domestic workers (PRT) in Indonesia has reached nearly two million, out of which 12 percent are child ...

Komnas HAM says PPRT Bill hopefully passed into law soon

Indonesia's National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) expressed hope that the Bill on Protection of Domestic ...

BP2MI detects new route for smuggling illegal migrant workers

The Indonesian Migrant Worker Protection Agency (BP2MI) has detected a new channel for smuggling illegal Indonesian ...

Govt to welcome PPRT Bill as DPR initiative Bill: Minister

Manpower Minister Ida Fauziyah stated that the government is open for the bill on the Protection of Domestic Workers ...

PPRT law to give legal certainty to domestic workers: Ministry

The Ministry of Manpower has said that the Domestic Workers' Protection Law (PPRT Law) will give legal certainty ...