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M
ore Indonesian undocumented workers have fallen victim to a lack of protection from unsafe channels and human trafficking as they risk their lives to get jobs in Malaysia.
Indonesia and Malaysia have been unable to conclude a five-year negotiation with a renewed agreement on Indonesian domestic workers. One of the contentious issues is Malaysia’s Maid Online direct hiring platform that allows migrant domestic workers to enter Malaysia without going through appropriate procedures.
At least two Indonesian workers are dead and 26 others missing after a wooden boat carrying dozens of migrants sank off the coast of Tanjung Api in Asahan, North Sumatra, over the weekend.
The fishing boat was carrying 89 onboard when it departed for neighboring Malaysia through an unguarded route when it was hit by a big wave on Saturday morning.
Search and rescue workers evacuated 19 women and 42 men from the boat to Panton Port in Asahan.
One of the survivors, Sarniwati, 50, lost her husband Basman in the accident; his body was among the two retrieved by search workers.
The couple were from South Sulawesi and were going without proper documents. “We were going to work in Malaysia,” Sarniwati said
