Refleksi : Apakah perjanjian yang akan dicapai juga memberi pengertian bahwa NKRI akan terus mengirim TKW ke Arab Saudia?
http://arabnews.com/saudiarabia/article210508.ece Saudi Arabia, Indonesia pledge more protection of domestic helpers Labor Minister Adel Fakieh holds talks with his Indonesian counterpart in Riyadh on Tuesday. (SPA) By GHAZANFAR ALI KHAN | ARAB NEWS Published: Dec 7, 2010 21:30 Updated: Dec 7, 2010 22:03 RIYADH: Saudi Arabia and Indonesia pledged at an event here on Tuesday to ensure more protection to domestic workers and have agreed to explore possibility of formulating an agreement on migrant-worker protection. The announcement came following wide-ranging talks between Labor Minister Adel Fakieh and Muaimin Askandar, Indonesian minister of manpower and transmigration, who is currently visiting the Kingdom. Hendrar Pramutyo, a senior Indonesian diplomat entrusted with the task of citizens' protection, said: "The two sides have also agreed to provide insurance to cover Indonesian workers deployed in the Kingdom." Pramutyo said that Muhaimin also met with Ahmed Ibn Mohammed Al-Salem, undersecretary at the Ministry of Interior, and sought his support, especially for protecting Indonesian domestic helpers and prosecuting erring Saudi employers. The trip of Muhaimin to the Kingdom, immediately following the visit of Linda Agum Gumelar, Indonesia's women affairs minister, comes amid pressures mounting on the government in Jakarta to work out a comprehensive plan and formulate an agreement to protect workers. The visit comes after the reports to torture of two Indonesian migrant workers - Sumiati Binti Salan Mustapa, 23, who is recuperating from torture in hospital, and Kikim Komalasari, 34, who was murdered - were widely publicized in local and Indonesian media. Saudi officials have said the incidences of maid abuse are no more common in the Kingdom than in any other country. Some have blamed the media for exaggerating the problem. Muhaimin, who will wrap up his visit to Riyadh on Wednesday, said he hoped his meetings and bilateral talks with his counterparts in Saudi Arabia will produce long-term improved security and working environment. "We are here to ask the Saudi side to recognize our domestic workers so that they could earn some respect," said Muhaimin, in a press release issued here on Tuesday. On the question of banning Indonesian female workers from working in the KIngdom, the minister denied there was any political momentum to do so. Pakistan and Egypt both do not allow women to come to the Kingdom to work as maids. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Post message: [email protected] Subscribe : [email protected] Unsubscribe : [email protected] List owner : [email protected] Homepage : http://proletar.8m.com/Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
