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Archipelago 6 months ago
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North Sumatra Police arrest two for alleged drug smuggling from Malaysia
North Sumatra Police Narcotics Unit director Comr. Jean Calvijn Simanjuntak said the drug trafficking ring has increasingly relied on Indonesian migrant workers in Malaysia, particularly those without legal status, as couriers for smuggling operations.
Academia 6 months ago
Tariff wars reshape migration, raise risk of abuses
A phenomenon known as "replacement migration" that moves upward across the economic hierarchy is growing in transnational migrant recruitment against the backdrop of Trump's tariff war, leading to the rise of global human supply chains and creating more complex labor issues in terms of hiring practices as well as workers' welfare.
Archipelago 7 months ago
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Dead worker's family asks for govt's help with repatriation from Cambodia
The family of a 19-year-old woman who died while seeking work abroad in Cambodia is seeking official assistance in repatriating her body, but her individual cirmcustance as an unregistered migrant worker has left both the government and the BP3MI with their hands tied.
Archipelago 7 months ago
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Consulate in Johor Bahru repatriates 77 Indonesians to Batam
The consulate general in Johor Bahru has helped facilitate the return of over 300 Indonesians, mostly migrant workers, in three batches this year, with the latest group touching home soil on Aug. 9, almost exactly a week before Independence Day.
Asia & Pacific 7 months ago
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Indonesia taps diaspora as strategic asset in turbulent global climate
Amid today’s increasingly volatile geopolitical landscape, the government is turning to its overseas citizens as strategic partners in safeguarding the nation’s future and strengthening the economy, officials said at the second Diaspora Global Summit in Central Jakarta on Tuesday.
