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    "data": {
        "id": 1643312,
        "msgid": "still-under-moratorium-ministry-of-pmi-protection-cracks-down-on-brokers-sending-workers-to-the-middle-east-1774861298",
        "date": "2026-03-30 15:14:19",
        "title": "Still under moratorium, Ministry of PMI Protection cracks down on brokers sending workers to the Middle East",
        "author": "",
        "source": "ANTARA_ID",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Social Policy",
        "summary": "Indonesia's Ministry of Protection for Indonesian Migrant Workers (KP2MI) is intensifying efforts to eliminate brokers who illegally send workers to the Middle East, despite an ongoing moratorium established by Ministerial Decision No. 260 of 2015. Officials report that approximately 25,000 non-procedural migrant workers attempt to depart annually, often using umrah visas as a disguise before heading to conflict zones like Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, and Egypt. The ministry is pursuing legal action against these brokers while enhancing public education to promote legal migration channels to recognised destinations.",
        "content": "<p>Jakarta (ANTARA) - The Ministry of Protection for Indonesian Migrant\nWorkers (KP2MI) continues to strive to eradicate brokers sending migrant\nworkers to the Middle East, as the moratorium on placements in that\nregion remains in effect. \u201cPlacements to the Middle East are still\nprohibited, in accordance with the moratorium set by Ministerial\nDecision No.\u00a0260 of 2015; however, we cannot turn a blind eye, as many\nstill depart secretly,\u201d said Director General of Protection at the\nMinistry of P2MI, Rinardi, in Jakarta on Monday. He explained that his\noffice has recorded 25,000 non-procedural migrant workers who risk\ndeparting for the Middle East each year to work there, including as\ndomestic workers, even though the moratorium has not been lifted.\n\u201cTherefore, we are focusing on eradicating these brokers and ensuring\nthat prospective PMI are not swayed by their enticements,\u201d Rinardi\nadded. However, upon arrival, these prospective migrant workers do not\nperform the umrah pilgrimage and instead proceed directly to other\ncountries in the region, such as Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, and Egypt.\nRinardi acknowledged that prosecuting these non-procedural migrant\nworkers is not easy, as they hold umrah visas and claim to be travelling\nto the Middle East for the umrah pilgrimage when interviewed by\nimmigration officials. \u201cThey can show their passports, their visas are\nvalid, they have money\u2014although it may have been arranged beforehand\u2014and\nthey appear as if they are going for umrah,\u201d said Rinardi. \u201cWe will\ncontinue to pursue these brokers and report them to law enforcement\nauthorities,\u201d Rinardi stated. The Ministry of P2MI is also continuously\nenhancing educational efforts for the public wishing to work abroad,\nencouraging them to do so legally through legitimate institutions and to\ndestinations recognised by the Indonesian Government.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/still-under-moratorium-ministry-of-pmi-protection-cracks-down-on-brokers-sending-workers-to-the-middle-east-1774861298",
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