TheJakartaPost
Please Update your browser
Your browser is out of date, and may not be compatible with our website. A list of the most popular web browsers can be found below.
Just click on the icons to get to the download page.
Popular Reads
No popular reads data found
Top Results
No results found. Please check your search term and try again
Can't find what you're looking for?
View all search results
Popular Reads
No popular reads data found
Top Results
No results found. Please check your search term and try again
Can't find what you're looking for?
View all search resultsmigrant-workers
Society 11 months ago
PREMIUM
Govt to dispatch 400,000 migrant workers, boost upskilling
The migrant workers ministry plans to send around 400,000 migrant workers for overseas placements this year as it works to develop a training ecosystem to secure skilled jobs and ramp up protection in destination countries, including against human trafficking.
Society 1 year ago
PREMIUM
Indonesia to lift ban on sending workers to Saudi, expecting 600,000 jobs
Indonesia is set to lift a moratorium on sending Indonesian workers to Saudi Arabia, expecting it to offer 600,000 job opportunities mostly for domestic workers that could contribute to around Rp 31 trillion (US$1.89 billion) in foreign exchange earnings.
Society 1 year ago
Govt mulls resuming sending migrant workers to Saudi Arabia
Migrant Worker Protection Minister Abdul Kadir Karding meets with President Prabowo Subianto on March 14 to talk about issues pertaining to Indonesian migrant workers abroad, including a plan to end a moratorium on sending Indonesian workers to Saudi Arabia.
Society 1 year ago
PREMIUM
Lawmakers consider amnesty for unregistered migrant workers
The House of Representatives is considering altering the 2017 Migrant Workers’ Protection Law to grant amnesty to both unauthorized migrant workers and the firms sending them overseas illegally, although experts say the plan will do little to solve the issues Indonesian migrant workers face.
Archipelago 1 year ago
PREMIUM
More than 5,000 Riau islanders trafficked to Cambodia, BP3MI reveals
The Riau Islands BP3MI revealed that around 5,300 people seeking better-paying jobs had been recruited as migrant workers under false pretenses and trafficked to Cambodia, where they were forced to work for scamming or online gambling operations.
