Jakarta – The Indonesian Manpower Ministry has expressed support for labor reforms in Middle Eastern nations in the field of manpower positioning.
Throughout the Senior Officers Discussion of the Asia-Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) in Taguig, the Philippines, Deputy Minister of Workforce Afriansyah Noor said that labor reform in the field of workforce positioning appears from the commitment to promote Objective 6 of the Global Compact on Migration (GCM) and the accomplishment of the sustainable advancement goal (SDG) point 10.7.
The dedication includes efforts to reduce intra- and inter-state disparities, boost cooperation in safeguarding the rights and safety of migrant workers, as well as improving the governance of the positioning of migrant employees, he added.
In Indonesia, this kind of commitment has appeared by the issuance of Presidential Decree Number 59 of 2017 concerning the application of the accomplishment of sustainable development objectives, Noor stated.
” In this case, GCM likewise has goals that remain in line with the migration policy developed by the Indonesian federal government, namely a migration policy that is oriented towards safeguarding the rights of migrants, from their location of origin, transit point, location country, to return to their homeland,” he notified in a statement released in Jakarta on Tuesday.
Furthermore, to attain regular, safe, and accountable migration, Noor stated that the Indonesian federal government has actually performed labor reforms by enhancing the service system and defense for Indonesian Migrant Workers (PMI), strengthening protection at the bilateral, local, and multilateral levels, along with increasing efforts to avoid problems happening abroad.
This was performed through the promulgation of Law Number 18 of 2017 concerning the Security of Indonesian Migrant Employees, which supplies comprehensive security to PMIs, a social security system for PMIs, incorporated services, PMI skill improvement programs, enhancing the role of local governments, in addition to access to accurate info, he added.
” This is our effort to improve PMI positioning systems, consisting of providing access to reliable information for PMI candidates as well as improving the overall security system for PMI and their households,” he said.
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