KUWAIT CITY, Sept 6, (Agencies):
Indonesian Manpower Minister M. Hanif Dhakiri was quoted as saying the
Indonesian government is not in favor of sending domestic workers to
Kuwait. “As of today, the government has not entertained the idea of
revoking the moratorium on sending labor in the domestic sector to the
Middle East, including Kuwait,” the minister informed Kuwait’s
Ambassador HE Abdulwahhab Abdullah Al-Saqer to Indonesia.
This was disclosed to the Kuwaiti envoy
when the latter was hosted by the minister in his office. In the
meeting, the Kuwaiti government specifically requested the Indonesian
government to send domestic workers to Kuwait.
Although the Kuwaiti envoy said the
government of Kuwait respected the decision, he specifically requested
that Indonesia exclude Kuwait from the policy of not sending domestic
labor to the Middle East. “The royal family and the people of Kuwait are
in need of domestic helpers from Indonesia,” Abdulwahhab said. “We hope
that, especially for Kuwait, the Indonesian government can consider
issuing a special policy.”
However, the minister was resolute and
reasserted the government’s decision not to send domestic workers until
the Middle Eastern governments showed significant improvement in the
treatment and protection of not only Indonesian workers, but also
domestic workers from other countries. “We still won’t send labor to
Middle Eastern countries, including Kuwait, unless they are formal
workers with specific skills,” said the minister.
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