The Concept of Safe Migration From Indonesia Perspective

1. The Concept of Safe MigrationFrom Indonesia Perspective Sri Setiawati, MA - IETO Taipei

2. Outline • Introduction • Indonesia Overseas Contract Workers (IOCWs) • Protection of IOCWs • MoU • Labour Laws • Labour Attaches • IETO Programmes for IOCWs

3. Introduction • Concept of Migration (Intra Migration, Urbanization,Transmigration, International Migration) • Reasons (Politics, Educations, Marriage/ Family reunion, Working) • Types of IOCWs (Proffesional Jobs, Formal & Informal Workers) • Low educated, big numbers, vulnerable, women, isolated.

4. Indonesia Overseas Contract Workers (IOCWs) • General Characteristics of IOCWs • Characteristics of IOCWs in Taiwan • Mechanism of Placement : • Pre Departure • Process of Placement IOCWs • During Employment Contract • Post Employment Contract

5. General Characteristics of IOCWs Number of IOCWs +/- 3 million Age of IOCWs: 19-39 Years Education Background: 72% Primary Sch, 28% High Sch & Bachelor Sex of IOCWs: 26% Male, 74% Female Occupation of IOCWs Informal 78%, Formal 22% Destination Crountries: 47% Aspac, 45% Mideast, 8% Europ & America Place of Origin: Java, Jakarta, Lampung,NTB, NTT, Sulawesi, and Others

6. Characteristics of IOCWs in Taiwan • Number of IOCWs : 149,000 • Sex : 87% Female, 13% Male • Occupation: • 87% - informal workers (domestics workers) • 13% - semi formal & formal workers (manufacturer & seafarer) • Place of origin: East Java, Central Java, West Java, Lampung, Palembang, Medan, others • Education: Yunior & Senior High School

7. Process of Placement IOCWs Training Competence Assessment Pre Departure Training Selection Medical Departure Document

8. During Employment Contract • Understanding the contain of Employment Contract; • Understanding of job description; • Understanding of right and obligation; • Knowing how to complaint; • Report to Representative office & keep the contact person numbers.

9. Post Employment Contract • Assistance for Returness to their village • Incressing of Self Confident, Self Development, Family Welfare • Remittance Social • Improving knowledge, skill and education.

10. Protection of IOCWs • Pre Departure • Training Camp • Processing document • During Employment Contract • Employment Contract • MoU • Labour Attache responsible for labour case • Consulate Officer responsible for non labour case • Post Employment Contract • Arrangement of Returnees transportation to the village

11. Government Policies on IOCWs • Act no. 39 year 2004 concerning on Placement and Protection of IOCWs • Simplified Procedure of Placement of IOCWs: Ministrial Decree no. 16,17 & 18 Year 2009. • Improvement of Insurance Mechanism : Ministerial Decree No.23 Year 2008 and no.per 07/Men/V/2010.

12. Government Policies on IOCWs • Presidential Decree No. 81 Year 2006 concerning on National Board for Placement and Protection of IOCWs. • Ministerial Decree No. 23 Year 2009 on Education and Traning for Candidates of IOCWs. • MoU between Indonesia and 10 Destination Places for IOCWs. • Labour Attaches in 11 Destination Countries

13. MoU • Mou, between Indonesia with 9 destination places: Malaysia (2 MoU), South Korea, Jordan, Kuwait, Taiwan, United Emirate Arab, Australia, Qatar and Japan • Draft MoU with 3 countries: Brunei Darussalam, Syria, and Lybia

14. Labour Laws • Sufficient Labour Laws in Hong Kong and Singapore which cover Foreign Domestic Helpers including from Indonesia

15. Labour Attaches • Aims : to protect IOCWs in Destination Countries • There are 11 Labour Attache in 10 Destination places for IOCWs: Malaysia, Hong Kong, Arab Saudi (Riyadh & Jeddah), UEA, Kuwait, Brunei Darussalam, South Korea, Singapore Qatar and Taiwan

16. IETO PROGRAMMES For IOCWs • Citizen Services (Labour, immigration & consular) • Socialisation & training • Protection of workers by solving their labour cases

17. Thank you