Pemerintah Indonesia berupaya memperkuat perlindungan bagi PMI melalui BP2MI dan regulasi seperti UU No. 18 Tahun 2017, serta menjalin kerjasama internasional dengan negara-negara tujuan. Selain itu, terdapat program pemberdayaan agar PMI yang kembali ke Indonesia bisa berwirausaha dan mandiri secara ekonomi.
Many LPKs do not have clear curriculum standards, so the quality of training is not guaranteed. Departure fees are also very high and vary, for example Rp80-83 million for an internship to Hong Kong, or Rp25 million for an internship to Japan. Ironically, many of these fees do not include language training, which is very important.
Faktor kunci untuk meningkatkan daya saing adalah pelatihan keterampilan, penguasaan bahasa asing, serta pemahaman budaya dan hukum negara tujuan. Banyak pekerja Indonesia kalah bersaing dengan tenaga kerja dari Filipina atau Malaysia karena keterbatasan bahasa.
The consumptive migration cycle, in which many migrant workers return home with savings that are spent on consumption, and are forced to return to work abroad. To break this cycle, training in entrepreneurship, financial management and access to technology is needed so that migrant workers' savings can be managed into productive businesses in the country.
The government plans to build a new ecosystem for migrant workers from recruitment, training, financing, placement, to reintegration after returning home. Support is provided in the form of loans or scholarships for training costs.
Rachmat Gobel emphasized that migrant workers should be given a mission as agents of renewal, not just breadwinners. With proper planning, migrant workers can be part of a grand strategy to improve the quality of human resources, support foreign investment, and strengthen the industrial, agricultural, and technology sectors in Indonesia.
Until now, the placement of Indonesian migrant workers is still dominated by the domestic sector, around 80%. Even though Indonesian migrant workers have competitive advantages in a number of formal sectors.
Perusahaan berkomitmen mendampingi keluarga korban, sementara tim penyelamat terus berupaya tanpa henti mengevakuasi lima pekerja lain yang masih dalam pencarian, dengan harapan dan doa agar seluruh rekan dapat segera ditemukan.
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