MoSA Provides Assistance, Protection and Empowerment for PMIB
JAKARTA (August 4, 2022) – The Ministry of Social Affairs through the
Directorate of Social Rehabilitation for Disaster and Emergency Victims (KBK)
and Mulya Jaya Center Jakarta provided assistance, protection, and empowerment
for Indonesian Migrant Workers with Problems (PMIB) from Malaysia.
PMIB repatriation from Malaysia on August 4, 2022,
they would be flown directly from Kuala Lumpur Airport Malaysia to Soekarno
Hatta Airport Tangerang. Furthermore, they would be sent to a quarantine
guesthouse or referral hospital and ensured that seriously ill Indonesian
citizens/PMIB could be evacuated immediately by going to a referral hospital to
get special treatment and administering vaccines for PMIB who have not received
the vaccine.
Ketut Supena, Acting Director of Disaster and
Emergency Victims (KBK) said that MoSA together with the Ministry of Foreign
Affairs, the Coordinating Ministry for Human Development and Culture, the
Ministry of Economy, the Indonesian Migrant Workers Protection Agency (BP2MI),
and several of the task force (task units) would receive Indonesian Migrant
Workers with Problems (PMIB) in Malaysia as many as 192 people.
Following the direction of MoSA, Tri
Rismaharini, who was committed to troubled migrant workers, especially
vulnerable groups, must be ensured that when they arrived in Indonesia, they
received assistance, protection, and empowerment services until they returned
to their respective homes.
“Arriving in Indonesia 192 PMIB will be taken to
Wisma Atlit, then an assessment will be carried out, together with a team from MoSA
to explore their potential of them, so that problem-solving interventions will be
given to reduce their interest to return abroad to earn a living,” said
Ketut.
"The hope is for PMIB to no longer look for
work abroad because they will face enormous challenges, and MoSA will provide a
solution by empowering them. This has been proven that many efforts have been
given by MoSA so that they will get income for the PMIB," he added.
Yudi Ardian, Head of the Southeast Asia Region
Sub-Directorate of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said that the Ministry of
Foreign Affairs facilitated the arrival of 192 Indonesian deportees from
Malaysia. "They are Indonesian migrant workers who have problems in
Malaysia so they are deported but have queues at Malaysian immigration,
therefore we are accelerating their repatriation, especially for those who fall
into vulnerable groups," said Yudi.