28 January 2015, The Star PETALING JAYA: The visa-processing fee for Indonesian workers headed to Malaysia has seen a steep hike – from RM15 to RM250 – and angry employment agency operators have threatened to stop sending workers here. Asosiasi Perusa... read more
7 January 2015, Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — An Indonesian expatriates union announced that it would not work with recruitment offices from the Kingdom and only cooperate with larger recruitment companies in order to preserve Indonesian expatriates’ rights,... read more
6 November 2014, Daily Express KOTA KINABALU: Indonesian workers are still the preferred workforce based on the experience of oil palm industry players in West Malaysia. East Malaysia Planters Association (Empa) Chairman Datuk Othman Walat said however, t... read more
29 September 2014, Saudi Gazette via Yahoo News The head of the national committee for recruitment said relying on Indonesians is not enough to meet the huge demand for domestic workers in the Kingdom. “Indonesian authorities are insisting on high s... read more
29 September 2014, Arab News The Labor Ministry has rejected Indonesia’s conditions for resuming the recruitment of domestic labor from that country, especially in light of the policy calling for diversification of the sources of employment and ongoing ... read more
25 August 2014, Jakarta Globe Jakarta. A former top Indonesian official in charge of migrant worker protection has demanded an investigation into the police chief of East Nusa Tenggara province, or NTT, over indications of police complicity in the alleged... read more
13 August 2014, Emirates 24/7 UAE Ministry of Interior has rejected the minimum salary of Dh1,500 sought by governments of Philippines, Indonesia and Sri Lanka. With the governments of the Philippines, Indonesia and Sri Lanka refusing to agree to the stan... read more
9 August 2014, The Jakarta Post The city administration will close down all unlicensed labor agencies providing jobs overseas due to the rampant extortion of, and violence against, migrant workers. “Overseas job agencies without operation permits will b... read more
Open Society Foundations: Bassina Farbenblum, Eleanor Taylor-Nicholson, Sarah Paoletti EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This report is the first comprehensive study of migrant workers’ access to justice in their country of origin. Using the case study of Indonesian m... read more
16 July 2014, Edi Hardum & Vita A.D. Busyra, Jakarta Globe Jakarta. The manpower ministry has stripped 17 recruitment agencies of their permits following their attempts earlier this month to send as many as 87 migrant workers to Abu Dhabi in the Unite... read more
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