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        "id": 1569126,
        "msgid": "migrant-worker-remittances-set-to-rise-14-per-cent-in-2025-1771973128",
        "date": "2026-02-24 23:57:41",
        "title": "Migrant Worker Remittances Set to Rise 14 Per Cent in 2025",
        "author": "",
        "source": "ANTARA_ID",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Economy",
        "summary": "Indonesia's Minister of Migrant Worker Protection announced that remittances from Indonesian migrant workers are projected to increase 14 per cent in 2025 to approximately Rp288 trillion, up from Rp253 trillion in 2024. The government is strengthening the SMK Go Global programme to enhance the quality and skill levels of migrant workers whilst improving their protections abroad.",
        "content": "<p>Jakarta (ANTARA) \u2013 The Minister of Indonesian Migrant Worker\nProtection (P2MI), Mukhtarudin, stated that remittances from Indonesian\nmigrant workers (PMI) in 2025 are projected to increase by 14 per cent\ncompared to the 2024 data.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn 2024, from the 253,000 placements (of PMI) carried out, including\nsome from previous years, the remittances received by our country, based\non data from Bank Indonesia, amounted to Rp253 trillion. And in 2025,\nthere will be a 14 per cent increase. So, approximately Rp288 trillion\nin remittances will flow into Indonesia in 2025,\u201d said Mukhtarudin in\nJakarta on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>He made the statement after a coordination meeting with the\nCoordinating Minister for Community Empowerment, Abdul Muhaimin\nIskandar, which discussed plans for sending PMI abroad under the SMK Go\nGlobal programme.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, PMI remittances have significant benefits in\ndriving the community\u2019s economy.<\/p>\n<p>Given the significant role of PMI in supporting national economic\ngrowth, the government continues to strive to improve protection for\nmigrant workers. One of the efforts is to improve the quality of\nPMI.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the future, we must also improve their protection. One way is to\nimprove the quality of migrant workers that we send abroad, with a\nminimum (high school\/vocational school) education. So, it is hoped that\nwith better education and further training through vocational programmes\nwith strict competency tests from the host country, this will make it\neasier for us to provide protection,\u201d said Mukhtarudin.<\/p>\n<p>Starting in April 2026, the government will send skilled Indonesian\nmigrant workers to Japan, South Korea, Europe, America, and various\nother countries, with job opportunities including welders, hospitality\nstaff, and healthcare workers.<\/p>\n<p>The SMK Go Global programme is an initiative by the Coordinating\nMinistry for Community Empowerment and the Ministry of Indonesian\nMigrant Worker Protection (KemenP2MI) to improve the quality of high\nschool graduates in the country so that they can work abroad.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/migrant-worker-remittances-set-to-rise-14-per-cent-in-2025-1771973128",
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