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Indonesia’s Migrant Workers Protection Ministry is integrating its Golden Migrant Village program with the Ministry of Villages’ Thematic Village scheme to make overseas job placement safer, cheaper, and better regulated.
Antara reports that the initiative was discussed by Minister of Labour and Protection of Workers Mukhtarudin and Ministers Yandri Susanto for Villages, Development of Disadvantaged Regions, and Transmigration in Jakarta on Tuesday, focusing on improving the governance of migrant worker placement and protection at the village level.
He said the government is prioritizing official placement channels to ensure migrant workers can access legal, affordable, and secure employment abroad, backed by stronger regulations now being prepared.
Mukhtarudin said the Golden Migrant Village program, set to be launched on International Migrants Day on December 18, will be integrated with the Thematic Village scheme through cross-ministerial cooperation.
The Golden Migrant Village program aims to improve village-level governance of migrant worker placement and protection, while supporting economic empowerment for migrant workers and returning post-migrants. The Thematic Village scheme develops villages based on specific economic or social themes to strengthen local economies.
The integrated programs will also be linked to export-oriented village initiatives through a planned memorandum of understanding with the Trade Ministry to support economic empowerment for returning migrant workers.
