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Indonesia says no labor deal reached with Malaysia
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A vessel is brought onto shore after capsizing near Tanjung Balau off the coast of Johor, Malaysia, on Dec. 15, 2021, in an accident that authorities have said killed 11 Indonesian migrants with 27 others missing. (AFP/Malaysian Armed Forces)
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he government said that no deal has been reached with Malaysia on a five-year negotiation to renew an agreement on Indonesian domestic workers, despite continued signals from Kuala Lumpur that the two neighbors are close to finalizing the deal.
Indonesia and Malaysia had a bilateral agreement on the placement and protection of Indonesian domestic workers since 2006, which was renewed once in 2011 but expired in 2016.
Frequent cases of Indonesian workers being abused in Malaysia have resulted in diplomatic tensions and were one of the reasons why Indonesia passed the Migrant Worker Protection Law in 2017.
Since then, Indonesia has insisted that destination countries must have a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on the placement and protection of Indonesian workers with Indonesia based on the law, which placed more emphasis on ensuring the fulfillment of workers’ rights.
