Data Validation Required

JAKARTA - The validation of data of Indonesian labor abroad and the acceleration of implementation of the implementation of Law No. 18/2017 on the protection of Indonesian Workers (UU PPMI) into two urgent matters to be completed in order to provide maximum protection. to TKI.

Both of these became the main discussions in the working meeting of the House supervisory team on the protection of Indonesian migrant workers at the DPR-RI Building on Wednesday (21/3).

Chairman of the Indonesian Labor Supervisory Team (Timwas TKI) DPR-RI Fahri Hamzah assessed the lack of validation of data on cases experienced by TKI both procedures and non-procedure appropriate. Regarding this, he sees demographic data from e-ID card needs to be the database used.

"There has never been any data validation, in fact how many labor migrants are through procedures and non-procedures," he said.

According to him, digital data collection should be able to detect the number of Indonesian citizens (WNI) including overseas migrant workers, related to the deployment in each country, and how many people are caught. The reason, he calls the protection of every citizen of Indonesia has been mandated in the constitution, namely the 1945 Constitution.

Fahri who also serves as Vice Chairman of the People's Welfare Coordinator (Kokesra) believes that digitizing data can improve the protection system for TKI.

Separately, Minister of Manpower M. Hanif Dhakiri, explaining the case of overseas migrant workers, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has become the most responsible responsible and leading the settlement, with support from the Ministry of Manpower and the National Agency for the Placement and Protection of Indonesian Migrant Workers (BNP2TKI).

"So the remainder of the case is still nai = ni government, the leading sector is still Kemenlu.For the case of labor Kemenaker.As for nonlabour case, leading sector see in Kemenlu, while kemenaker BNP2TKI and others provide optimal support." .

On the other hand, it also passes the drafting of the decreed PPMI Law. A number of derivative rules currently being prepared for derivative legislation are being drawn up including three government regulations (PPs), two presidential regulations, four regulatory rules and three heads of agency regulations. In preparing the derivative rules, he admitted that he is still coordinating with the Ministry / Institution.

"The government keeps aligning PUU [legal regulations] and submits the draft PP / Perpres to be coordinated."

The Minister of Manpower has two priority programs, which govern the composition of the presidential regulation on the service and protection of Indonesian migrant workers, and the Presidential Regulation on the duties and authorities of labor attaches.

In addition, there are also three government regulations on the protection of Indonesian migrant workers, the placement of Indonesian migrant workers by the Agency, and the placement and protection of seafarers and seafarers.

Meanwhile, the second priority is the formulation of the Minister of Manpower Regulation (Permenaker) on Social Security for Indonesian Migrant Workers, Termination and Prohibition on the Placement of Indonesian Migrant Workers, Placement Companies for Indonesian Migrant Workers, and the Implementation of Indonesian Migrant Workers.