VP wants more aid for migrant workers

VP wants more aid for migrant workers

NUSA DUA, Bali: Vice President Jusuf Kalla called on countries
that export and import migrant workers to help the workers
improve their skills.

Opening the third Ministerial Consultations on Overseas
Employment and Contractual Labor for Countries of Origin in Asia
here on Wednesday, Kalla said countries should not treat migrant
workers as disposable commodities.

Indonesian labor minister Fahmi Idris and counterparts from
several Asian countries, as well as the director of the
International Organization for Migration, Brunson McKinley, also
attended the meeting.

Fahmi said participants of the meeting would discuss various
issues concerning migrant workers, including improving their job
skills. -- JP