Saudi Arabia reconsiders TKIs<\/p>\n
JAKARTA: Irritated by the government's decision to suspend the
\ndispatch of Indonesian workers (TKI) to the Middle East, Saudi
\nArabia is considering calling a stop to recruiting workers from
\nIndonesia.<\/p>\n
Saudi Arabia's Al-Riyadh newspaper reported last week that the
\ncountry was seeking alternative sources for labor recruitment,
\nand that the kingdom's officials had held talks with Vietnam and
\nCambodia about recruiting workers from there.<\/p>\n
Saudi Ambassador to Jakarta Abdullah Aalam said there were
\nthree major hurdles to labor recruitment from Indonesia.<\/p>\n
For one thing, Jakarta only allowed 27 of 400 Indonesian labor
\nrecruitment offices to handle Saudi labor applications, delaying
\nrecruitment procedures and harming the interests of Saudi
\nrecruitment offices, he said.<\/p>\n
Second, the Indonesian government wants its embassy in Riyadh
\nto endorse work contracts at a charge of US$25 per contract. The
\nkingdom rejects this intervention.<\/p>\n
Third, the Indonesian Ministry of Manpower and Transmigration
\nhas imposed a quota system on recruitment offices, which are
\nallowed to process only a certain number of visas a month. This
\nmeasure, the Saudis fear, would also hamper recruitment from
\nIndonesia.<\/p>\n
The Saudi Arabian Embassy has held off more than 40,000 labor
\nvisas since Indonesian authorities stopped exporting workers to
\nthe kingdom. --Al Riyadh.<\/p>",
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