Indonesia, Malaysia Agree on Single Window Recruitment System
19 October 2018 16:03 WIB
TEMPO.CO, Putrajaya - Indonesia and Malaysia have agreed to establish a single window recuritment system of domestic workers on Friday, February 6, 2015.
President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo and Malaysian Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak also discussed about the protection of Indonesian migrant workers in Malaysia, among other issues.
Najib said that the agreement is necessary to safeguard the interests of Indonesian migrant workers as well as to enable them to undergo adequate training and be provided with proper protection when working in Malaysia.
"We realize that only just over 4,000 maids entered Malaysia through the official channel," Najib said as quoted by Bernama on Friday, February 6, 2015.
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