PMI prepares for returning workers

PMI prepares for returning workers

JAKARTA: The Indonesian Red Cross (PMI) is preparing
activities and programs to help anticipate a massive influx of
Indonesian workers from Malaysia after the neighboring country
ended its amnesty period for the undocumented workers late last
month.

The organization said that it had sent doctors and nurses to a
number of entry points, such as Nunukan in Kalimantan, to assist
sick workers that could reach up to 300 people daily.

PMI is also setting up water distribution and water
purification centers and will provide hygiene kits, health
services and medicine for thousands of workers, who have to stay
in poorly-equipped camps while preparing their immigration
documents to gain work legally in Malaysia. -- JP