The Indonesian government has imposed a ban on its nationals working in Kuwait and Saudi due to rampant abuse of migrant workers by their employers, according to this story in Arabian Business. Indonesia is to repatriate 1750 nationals working in the two Gulf countries next week ‘for their own good’ following reports that they have been unfairly treated.
According to some reports there are 2 million Indonesians working in the Gulf, mostly in low-skilled, low-paid jobs.
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November 15, 2009
[...] we’ve recently mentioned, the horrible treatment of migrant workers prompted the Indonesian government to stop sending any [...]
November 21, 2009
[...] The Indonesian government imposed a ban on its nationals working in Saudi Arabia and Kuwait earlier this month as a result of endemic human rights absuses (See Migrant Rights story here) [...]