Jakarta – Indonesian migrant employees (PMI) have actually thanked the Presidential Staff Office (KSP) for the aid it extended in their safe and smooth repatriation from Hong Kong in accordance with the COVID-19 health protocols.
” We are grateful for the federal government’s effort, particularly Mr. Moeldoko (Chief of KSP) and KSP that have actually taken notice of us in Hong Kong by handing out numerous masks because the pandemic started,” stated Nur Meliana, one of the Indonesian migrant workers in Hong Kong, according to a KSP press release received here on Friday.
Migrant workers who returned to the country were likewise provided free quarantine centers, appropriate food, and COVID-19 vaccines, Meliana kept in mind.
Meliana, who is from Lampung, stated she is fretted that her coworkers, who returned house for yearly leave, would not be able to go back to Hong Kong due to strict policies there, specifically the 21- day quarantine requirement.
” The issue is that the quarantine hotels are totally scheduled until the end of the year, although many employers want to pay the hotel costs,” she stated.
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In addition, according to her, Indonesian migrant employees planning to go back to Hong Kong will likewise have to handle constantly changing flight schedules. That is how the work visas of numerous migrant workers have expired, she discussed.
She stated she hopes that the Indonesian government can provide help to migrant workers who currently hold Hong Kong recognition cards.
KSP’s chief professional, Fadjar Dwi Wishnuwardhani, stated that KSP has coordinated with the Ministry of Workforce to offer support to PMI.
” We hope the Hong Kong federal government can give opportunity to migrant employees,” Wishnuwardhani said.
He likewise claimed that KSP has actually been intensively keeping an eye on migrant employees in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic.
” This effort is in accordance with President Joko Widodo’s direction to supply defense and convenience for migrant employees, both those who have actually gone back to the country and those who are still abroad,” he added.
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