SEANF Paper on Migrant Workers
its coordination mandate. The SEANF also calls on the Ministry of Manpower
and Transmigration and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to develop more effective
mechanisms to monitor Indonesian migrant workers toiling in foreign countries,
such as a database of workers, and ensure information contained in these
systems is kept up to date.
78.
In countries where there are significant numbers of Indonesian migrant
workers, the SEANF urges the Government to establish (1) migrant assistance
officers who are required to assist and protect migrant workers and (2) shelters
to protect Indonesian migrants in crisis, staffed with personnel with appropriate
counseling and other support skills. For this work, the Government should
provide clear authority and adequate budgetary and personnel support.
79.
The SEANF urges the Government to launch a comprehensive community-level
information campaign to educate intending migrant workers (especially in areas
of Indonesia which send many workers overseas) about their rights and
responsibilities in foreign countries. The campaign should be planned and
implemented in close collaboration with trade unions, NGOs and communitybased organizations as well as National Human Rights Institutions.
80.
The SEANF calls on the Government to earnestly develop and implement job
creation, social protection, and decent work programs that will have the effect
of promoting sufficient livelihoods that allow Indonesians to remain in their
homes, thereby reducing the need for them to migrate.
81.
The SEANF urges the National Government of Indonesia to enact local regulation
started from province to village for preventing forced labour and human
trafficking.
B.
Malaysia
The SEANF makes the following recommendations to the Government of Malaysia:
82.
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The SEANF calls on the Government of Malaysia to undertake an immediate
review of all its laws related to migration, and make revisions to bring those
laws into compliance with all of the UN and ILO Conventions to which Malaysia is