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Indonesia to Highlight Again Migrant Worker Protection Issue in the 32nd ASEAN Summit
Written by Ani Hasanah
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Press conference at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Jakarta on Friday (April 20th)
VOI-REZHA
The protection issue of migrant workers in Southeast Asia is one of the issues to be highlighted by Indonesia in the 32nd ASEAN Summit to take place in Singapore on 27-28 of April. At the meeting of the plenary sessions and the retreat, Indonesia to be represented by President Joko Widodo and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Retno Marsudi will discuss again the strengthening of cooperation of Indonesian migrant worker protection among ten ASEAN member countries.
“Of course, other things that will be encouraged and concerned by us are about the strengthening of cooperation of migrant workers protection through the implementation of ASEAN Consensus on the Protection and Promotion on the Rights of Migrant Workers. As we know, the consensus has been signed by the ASEAN head of state in November 2017 in the Philippines.” said Chandra W.Yudha,Director of ASEAN Political andSecurity Cooperation of theIndonesia Ministry of Foreign Affairs in a press conference at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Jakarta on Friday (April 20th).
Furthermore, Chandra explained that the 32nd ASEAN Summit is an appropriate forum to discuss various regional issues in Southeast Asia and how to move forward, including the protection issue of migrant workers. So far, the protection of migrant workers in Southeast Asia has been mutually agreed upon by the ten ASEAN member countries through the ASEAN Consensus on the Protection and Promotion of the Rights of Migrant Workers. The agreements administer a number of rights owned by every migrant worker, ranging from the rights to hold a passport, rights to treatment and fair income in the workplace, the rights to communicate, the rights to participate in associations or unions in the recipient country, and the rights to file a case in case of breach of employment contract. In addition, the ASEAN Consensus also regulates the rights of families of migrant workers, including the rights to visit migrant workers working in one of the ASEAN countries. (VOI/Rezha/RHM)
