Jakarta – The Indonesian Migrant Employee Defense Agency (BP2MI) advised the Japanese counterpart to increase the quota for Indonesian Migrant Workers (PMIs) under the government-to-government (G to G) scheme, especially in the caretaker sector.
” We asked the Japan International Corporation of Welfare Provider (JICWELS) to increase the quota for PMIs in Japan, specifically for caretakers,” Head of BP2MI Benny Ramdhani kept in mind in a statement gotten here, Thursday.
Throughout his working visit to Japan to enhance governance for PMI’s positioning and defense, he said that increasing the quota was among the highlighted released communicated to JICWELS.
His side likewise suggested to Japan to reevaluate the two-year experience requirement after having a Certificate of Registration (STR) for nurse positions. BP2MI considers these requirements as being challenging to meet for PMIs.
” The nurse quota is difficult to accomplish.
He likewise got in touch with the Japanese counterpart to change the quota pattern for nurse and caretaker placement.
” If the nurse quota can not be met, potential Indonesian migrant employees can fill the caretaker position,” he specified.
His side then likewise raised a request to expand language training and interview test locations, considering that Indonesia is an archipelagic country.
” If interviews are only held in Jakarta, our potential PMIs from other cities will have trouble to access the area. (This is) particularly considering that it requires more money to take a trip to Jakarta,” he explained.
He then offered three brand-new areas representing each area, such as in Surabaya, Manado, and Medan.
Reacting to the proposal from BP2MI, the International Operations Area I of the Japan Structure, Noguchi Yuko, mentioned that the proposed growth of language training and interview tests is challenging to recognize.
” If we include more training places, we need to ask the Japanese federal government for more budget,” Yuko mentioned.
Yuko then suggested to the Indonesian federal government to discuss this matter at the government level. On November 20, the Indonesian federal government can propose it at the Indonesia-Japan Economic Collaboration Agreement (IJEPA).
Meanwhile, Handling Director of JICWELS, Kataoka Yoshikazu, mentioned that task chances for nurses and caretakers under the IJEPA framework began in 2008 and received a positive response.
” We have actually gotten various feedback from medical agencies that use Indonesian migrant employees.
He remarked that in the national test held in March 2023, the passing rate for Indonesian migrant workers in caretaker positions was 67.3 percent.
” This figure is the greatest figure in history. The graduation rate for nurse positions is likewise rather high,” he kept in mind.
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