The Indonesian Migrant Worker Protection Agency Has Been Removed From The Draft Of The P2MI Bill

The revised draft of the Law on the Protection of Indonesian Migrant Workers (RUU P2MI) removes the provision regarding the Indonesian Migrant Workers Protection Agency (BP2MI) that was previously outlined in Article 1, Paragraph 26. This removal was discussed during a meeting of the working committee (Panja) of the Legislative Body (Baleg) of the Indonesian House of Representatives (DPR RI) at the Parliament Complex in Senayan, Central Jakarta, on Monday (March 3, 2025). The expert from the Legislative Body stated, "Paragraph 26 is removed. The general provision number 26, which pertains to the Indonesian Migrant Workers Protection Agency, is eliminated."

During the meeting, it was explained that the definition of the Indonesian Migrant Workers Protection Agency was removed because the Ministry of Indonesian Migrant Workers Protection has now been established. According to the Presidential Regulation, there is a distinction between the Ministry of P2MI, which acts as a regulator, and the agency that serves as the executor.

"The changes in the ministry cannot serve as the executor within the framework of the current law. Instead, the execution will be carried out by a Public Service Agency (BLU) under the coordination of the ministry, leading to the agency's elimination through this law," said the expert from Baleg DPR.

Additionally, Baleg DPR RI is currently reviewing the draft RUU P2MI, which is also expected to cover high-skill professions such as pilots, doctors, and engineers working abroad. Ahmad Doli Kurnia, the Deputy Chair of the Legislative Body, emphasized the need for regulation to avoid the perception that Indonesia only sends low-skill migrant workers. "We will categorize them into several levels, distinguishing between high skill and low skill, for example. We should not fall into the trap of presenting our workers as solely low-skill," Doli stated at the Parliament Complex in Senayan, Central Jakarta, on Thursday (January 30, 2025).

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