Video: Transmigration Minister and the Vision to Build Transmigration as Indonesia's Economic Engine

Minister of Transmigration M. Iftitah Sulaiman Suryanagara has revealed the government’s strategy to promote the transmigration programme as a means of achieving population equity, reducing overcrowding, and establishing new centres of economic growth in Indonesia. The national transmigration programme has been running since the era of President Soekarno in the 1970s and has continued to evolve. However, the programme still faces challenges related to supporting facilities, infrastructure, and economic resources needed to improve the welfare of transmigrant communities and ensure equitable development. Under the administration of President Prabowo, the Ministry of Transmigration is implementing several transformations to the national programme, including the formalisation of land rights for transmigrants through the issuance of freehold titles (SHM) to prevent land conflicts and assist in opening up business land. Furthermore, the Ministry is intensifying efforts to optimise land use in regions such as East Kalimantan, South Kalimantan, Aceh, and Sulawesi, where transmigration areas contain oil, gas, and coal reserves that can serve as new economic resources for the community. One sector driving economic growth in transmigration areas is tourism, as seen in Raja Ampat, West Papua, and West Manggarai.