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Rp 15t wired back home at Ramadhan, says minister
Manpower and Transmigration Minister Muhaimin Iskandar says Rp 15 trillion (US$1
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anpower and Transmigration Minister Muhaimin Iskandar says Rp 15 trillion(US$1.45 billion) was remitted to Indonesia from Indonesian migrant workersoverseas during Ramadhan until the Idul Fitri holiday, up from last year's Rp12 trillion.
Muhaimin said migrant workers had wired the money through banks and non-bank institutions.
'Some also sent money through friends returning home for the holiday,' Muhaimin added as quoted by Kontan.co.id on Wednesday.
According to the National Labor Placement and Protection Agency (BNP2TKI), Indonesia has 6.5 million migrant workers in 142 countries. The majority of them work in Malaysia, Saudi Arabia and Hong Kong.
The World Bank's latest report on migration and remittance says Indonesia ranked third in Southeast Asia after the Philippines and Vietnam in terms of remittance inflows from migrant workers. It received $7.2 billion from the workers last year, 4.1 percent higher than 2011's figure. (hrl/dic)
