10.47313 Protection of Indonesian Migrant Workers Abroad

Protection of Indonesian Migrant Workers Abroad

Abstract

Every citizen has the right to get a decent job and livelihood for humanity. In order
to get a decent job and livelihood, everyone has the same opportunity without
discrimination to get a job. The work in question is the main activity carried out by
everyone with the aim of earning income to meet the needs in their lives to fulfill a
decent life for humanity. Everyone, as a worker, in addition to working in the
country, also has the right to work abroad. Indonesian workers who work outside
Indonesian territory are migrant workers. Various reasons for Indonesian migrant
workers to work abroad such as the job opportunity factor where the workforce
considers that in the country job opportunities are very small and finding a job is
very difficult compared to finding and working abroad, then related to labor wages,
workers think that the labor wage abroad is greater than the labor wage in the
country, Besides that, with regard to protection for workers, workers consider that
the protection of workers is better than the protection of workers working in the
country. Indonesian migrant workers are one of the largest foreign exchange
contributors for the Government of Indonesia, even though as one of the largest
foreign exchange contributors, there are many problems faced by Indonesian
migrant workers who work abroad. What will be studied in this study is the
mechanism for placing Indonesian migrant workers abroad, and what are the forms
of protection for Indonesian migrant workers abroad. This study uses a normative
juridical research method. The results of this study are expected to be used as a
reference both for regulators and for Indonesian migrant workers abroad.
Keywords: abroad, migrant workers, legal protection