Refelöeksi : Mungkin satu-satunya negeri di dunia ini yang terbanyak memperlakukan wanita warganegara NKRI (TKW) dengan jalan tidak suci. http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/home/death-and-sickness-clouds-relief-for-2300-ferried-from-jeddah/439213
Death and Sickness Clouds Relief for 2,300 Ferried From Jeddah May 05, 2011 Migrant workers waiting to disembark the Labobar ship at the Tanjung Priok port in North Jakarta on Wednesday. (JG Photo/Yudhi Sukma Wijaya) Twelve seriously ill patients were taken to hospital after a ship carrying more than 2,300 migrant workers repatriated from Saudi Arabia docked at the Tanjung Priok port in North Jakarta on Wednesday. The National Board for the Placement and Protection of Indonesian Overseas Workers (BNP2TKI) said the sick patients suffered from a range of ailments, including stroke, heart problems, tuberculosis, tumors, hemorrhages and measles. The body of Musrifah, a 50-year-old Indonesian migrant worker who died aboard the ship on Saturday, was taken to Kramat Jati Police Hospital before being flown to her home town in West Kalimantan. A total of 2,349 workers were repatriated by the government aboard the Labobar ship from Jeddah on April 22. With the death of Musrifah and the birth of four babies aboard the vessel, the total number of passengers who arrived alive in Indonesia reached 2,352. The government had originally arranged flights back to Indonesia for the migrant workers and had previously flown back more than 2,000 Indonesian workers after a rash of reports exposed abuse by their Saudi employers. Government officials said they had opted to charter a ship because it was "the most efficient way" to repatriate the workers. "With the ship, we can pick them all up at once, and we can [process their immigration documents] on the ship," Roostiawati, head of foreign cooperation at the Ministry of Manpower and Transmigration, said in April. "That way they can go directly to their home town once they arrive in Jakarta." Manpower and Transmigration Minister Muhaimin Iskandar said the BNP2TKI had been tasked with transporting the workers home. Out of work and with no means to return to their homeland, thousands of the workers had been living under the Kandara Bridge in Jeddah. The government has temporarily halted sending workers to Saudi Arabia following the accusations of abuse as well as reports of illegal workers. BNP2TKI chief Jumhur Hidayat said the government aimed to complete a memorandum of understanding with Saudi Arabia on establishing workers' protection by the end of May. "We need to make sure that we do not have recurring cases [of abuse]," he said. There are about 1.5 million Indonesians working in Saudi Arabia, the top country that employes Indonesian workers, most of whom are unskilled. "This case should serve as a lesson for us to fix the workers' placement system," he said. JG, Antara [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/
