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300,000 'overstayers' apply for amnesty
The head of the National Labor Placement and Protection Agency (BNP2TKI), Jumhur Hidayat, said that 300,000 Indonesians who had stayed in Saudi Arabia beyond the duration of their visas were applying for amnesty from the Saudi Arabian government
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he head of the National Labor Placement and Protection Agency (BNP2TKI), Jumhur Hidayat, said that 300,000 Indonesians who had stayed in Saudi Arabia beyond the duration of their visas were applying for amnesty from the Saudi Arabian government.
He said the citizens, who were mostly illegal migrant workers, had until Nov. 3 to submit their applications.
'The [amnesty] deadline has been extended from the initial July 3 date,' said Jumhur on Thursday as quoted by Antara news agency.
Jumhur said he was optimistic that visas for overstayed workers could be renewed so they could work in the Middle East country.
'More than 300,000 workers could be legalized and protected,' he said.
The BNP2TKI chief reminded those planning to work as migrant workers to always adhere to local rules and use official documents from the manpower agency.
'Working without a legal document is very dangerous,' said Jumhur.
He added that people should not be easily persuaded by offers of jobs in Jordan, Kuwait, Malaysia, Saudi Arabia or Syria because there was a moratorium on the deployment of domestic workers to those countries.
