29 Indonesian nurses sent to Germany
Tangerang – The Indonesian Ministry for Migrant Worker Protection (KP2MI) has again released and dispatched 29 Indonesian migrant workers (PMI) to Germany in 2026 under the government-to-government (G to G) programme for the nursing and health care sector (nakes).
Deputy Minister for Migrant Worker Protection (Wamen P2MI) Christina Aryani, while attending the departure of PMIs at Bandara Soekarno–Hatta (Soetta), Tangerang, on Thursday, said that among these dozens of health workers, those who registered in the Germany G to G programme and passed the selection until the placement stage.
She said the 29 PMIs dispatched to Germany come from several regions in Indonesia, including West Java, Banten, East Java, DKI Jakarta, South Sulawesi, North Sulawesi, and others.
“Our hope is that they will use this opportunity as well as possible to gain knowledge, to learn further, because they will later have their diplomas recognised so that their qualifications can be equated there,” she said.
She added that these Indonesian nurses will be placed at a number of health facilities in Germany, such as Klinikum Wolfsburg, Seniorentzentrum Sonnhalden Neuenburg, Haus Maihalden Pforzheim, and Seniorenwohnen Neu-Ulm Ludwigsfeld.
With the placement in the nursing sector, it is hoped to maintain professionalism, manage finances prudently, and uphold the good name of Indonesia while working in Germany.
“We are proud as well, and the Ministry P2MI is committed to opening more job opportunities in countries that are good, ones that provide optimal protection for Indonesian migrant workers,” she said.
During the occasion, Christina added that through the Germany G to G programme which began in 2023, a total of 423 Indonesian health professionals are working in that country.
Therefore, going forward the Ministry will continue to promote an extended global skill partnership approach through curriculum harmonisation and strengthening of the German language from education onwards so that the recruitment of Indonesian workers will be of higher quality and greater.
“In the future there will surely be even more openings, because abroad there is the phenomenon of aging populations, where people age but birth rates are low, so there is a gap for workers,” she said.