Jokowi remove foreign labor Card

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Jokowi remove foreign labor Card

Atmosphere video conference with President Joko Widodo migrant workers in a number of countries, Sunday (30/11) afternoon.

President Joko Widodo have removed Card Overseas Employment, KTKLN, because they have been abused to squeeze workers or Indonesian migrant workers when leaving and arriving in Indonesia.

This was announced by President during a video conference with the workers in Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore, Egypt, Malaysia and Brunei, in the Situation Room, Executive Office Building at the State Palace complex, Sunday (30/11) afternoon.

"And finally, I want to say, KTLN removed, already!" Jokowi president said at the end of the video conference, and then the applause of the workers, as reported by BBC Indonesia, Heyder Affan.

Earlier, in the video conference, the representatives of migrant workers in various countries that submit an entry for President remove KTKLN because they have to burden them.

They also put up banners and posters demanding that KTKLN contents removed.

The poster can be seen clearly by the President and the ministers Jokowi via video conference.

"If you can not take action (officers at the airport who collects), just delete KTKLN," said Yati, spokesman for the workers who are in Singapore.

A similar proposal was voiced migrant workers in Brunei who said, "We asked to be deleted, not revised. The card is not only a mental overload, but also the material," said the spokesman.

Official site BNP2TKI mention, KTKLN an identity card which must be owned by each migrant workers abroad as mandated by Law No. 39 of 2004 on the Placement and Protection of Indonesian Workers Abroad.

BNP2TKI admit there extortion

After the event, the Head BNP2TKI Nusron Wahid admits there is a person in the airport that charge to migrant workers if they do not have the card.

"Rate markets (extortion) Miscellaneous, there is Rp200,000, Rp300,000, Rp400,000, there is Rp500,000," said Nusron told reporters.

BNP2TKI head Nusron Wahid admitted KTKLN been abused to squeeze workers.

According to him, the existence of this card is useful, because "good data information", but in practice the card where it "had not trusted" by the workers.

"It is not believed to be a mechanism," said Nusron.

As an alternative to replacement, the government will hold a cabinet meeting to discuss the mechanism of structural changes in the placement and protection of migrant workers as a whole, said Nusron Wahid.

Previously, the Indonesian government has promised to audit the Company's employment Private Indonesia (PPTKIS) and systems to prevent violations in the process of recruitment, placement until the deportations.

International Labour Organization (ILO) says about 700,000 Indonesian people go abroad to become migrant workers each year. (BBC)