More labor exporters to be closed down

More labor exporters to be closed down

JAKARTA: The government has agreed to shut down several labor
exporting agencies and provide better protection for Indonesian
migrant workers employed in the informal sector abroad.

Yunus Yamani, secretary-general of the association of labor
exporters, said on Friday the government had agreed to make it a
requirement for labor suppliers to sign cooperation agreements
with their counterparts overseas, which would then be registered
with Indonesian representative offices abroad.

The government also agreed to up the minimum age for migrant
workers to 20, and close down labor-exporting agencies that could
not meet the government requirements, but merely collect money
from the migrant workers without protecting them, Yunus said
after a meeting with Minister of Transmigration and Manpower
Fahmi Idris. -- Antara