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Sat, 06/13/2009 - 09:03
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GOVT TO STUDY IMPACT OF STOPPING SENDING WORKERS TO MALAYSIA
Jakarta, June 12 (ANTARA) - The Indonesian government will study the impact of stoppage of sending migrant workers to Malaysia, a foreign ministry official said.
Foreign Ministry Spokesman Teuku Faizasyah said here on Friday that it would be a good step for Indonesia to stop the sending of its migrant workers to Malaysia but the government needed to study its impact first.
"We will evaluate its impact on the informal sector," Faizasyayh said adding that it would be better if the plan to stop the dispatch of workers was discussed with several workers returning from Malaysia because they could provide us with additional input.
He said that proposal of the chief of the National Agency for Placement and Protection of Indonesian Migrant Workers (BNP2TKI), Jumhur Hidayat, that the government should temporary stop sending workers was a good idea.
The foreign ministry spokesman said that the agreement signed by the Indonesian government and its Malaysian counterpart in 2006 did not regulate matters on the stoppage of workers dispatches.
The agreement only regulates the framework of placing Indonesian workers in the formal and informal sectors in Malaysia.
So, if there is a plan to stop sending workers, the decision to be made should involve the relevant agencies such as the manpower service.
He said that there were several proposals made by the foreign ministry which were designed to avoid violence against the Indonesian workers abroad.
Among the proposals included the conditions to send skilled workers or those who have special skills. This is because the sector for the placement of such workers is clear and its supervision is much easier.
Faizasyah said it was a good idea to temporarily stop the sending of Indonesian workers to Malaysia while taking anticipatory steps on how to adopt an attitude towards the problems faced by Indonesian workers in the informal sector.
He said that supervision on workers in the informal sector was difficult to carry out. It is quite difficult to monitor a violence against a domestic helper in a family.
Jumhur Hidayat has asked the government to temporarily stop the dispatch of Indonesian workers abroad.
Foreign Ministry Spokesman Teuku Faizasyah said here on Friday that it would be a good step for Indonesia to stop the sending of its migrant workers to Malaysia but the government needed to study its impact first.
"We will evaluate its impact on the informal sector," Faizasyayh said adding that it would be better if the plan to stop the dispatch of workers was discussed with several workers returning from Malaysia because they could provide us with additional input.
He said that proposal of the chief of the National Agency for Placement and Protection of Indonesian Migrant Workers (BNP2TKI), Jumhur Hidayat, that the government should temporary stop sending workers was a good idea.
The foreign ministry spokesman said that the agreement signed by the Indonesian government and its Malaysian counterpart in 2006 did not regulate matters on the stoppage of workers dispatches.
The agreement only regulates the framework of placing Indonesian workers in the formal and informal sectors in Malaysia.
So, if there is a plan to stop sending workers, the decision to be made should involve the relevant agencies such as the manpower service.
He said that there were several proposals made by the foreign ministry which were designed to avoid violence against the Indonesian workers abroad.
Among the proposals included the conditions to send skilled workers or those who have special skills. This is because the sector for the placement of such workers is clear and its supervision is much easier.
Faizasyah said it was a good idea to temporarily stop the sending of Indonesian workers to Malaysia while taking anticipatory steps on how to adopt an attitude towards the problems faced by Indonesian workers in the informal sector.
He said that supervision on workers in the informal sector was difficult to carry out. It is quite difficult to monitor a violence against a domestic helper in a family.
Jumhur Hidayat has asked the government to temporarily stop the dispatch of Indonesian workers abroad.
