#workers protection

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BP2MI forecasts 5.3 million of nine million migrant workers illegal

The Indonesian Migrant Workers Protection Agency (BP2MI) has projected that some 5.3 million out of the nine million ...

Projected 49,682 Indonesian migrant workers to return home in Apr-May

Some 49,682 Indonesian migrant workers will return home from April to May 2021 since their work contracts have expired, ...

Missing valid data on migrant workers hinders protection management

The non-existence of valid single data on migrant workers has hindered the management of protection of Indonesian crew ...

BP2MI met with Taiwan to discuss suspension of PMI's placement

During an online meeting, officials from Taiwan have assured the Indonesian Migrant Workers Protection Agency (BP2MI) ...

Apply LTSA to improve migrant workers' protection and placement

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

Year Ender 2020

COVID-19 frontline health workers require protection

A year since the first case of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) infection was reported in Wuhan City, China, the SARS ...

IDI confirms COVID-19 claimed lives of 363 health workers

The mitigation team of the Indonesian Medical Association (IDI) revealed that 363 health workers had succumbed to the ...

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 ...

BP2MI searches house accommodating would-be ship crew in North Jakarta

The Indonesian Migrant Workers Protection Board (BP2MI) conducted a search of a three-story house that accommodated ...

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 ...

Government ensures migrant workers return to their hometowns safely

The government would facilitate Indonesian migrant workers to return to the country in the midst of COVID-19 pandemic ...

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 ...

President instructs providing optimal protection for medical workers

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has ordered to ensure the provision of best-possible protection to medical workers as ...

BP2MI thwarts move to dispatch illegal workers to Malaysia

The Agency for the Protection of Indonesian Migrant Workers (BP2MI) has foiled an attempt to dispatch illegal workers ...