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The Ministry of Manpower and Transmigration (Ministry) has recorded that the total amount of remittances to Indonesia by Indonesian migrant workers for this year’s Eid celebration, reached Rp 15 trillion, an increase of Rp 3 trillion from last year’s Rp 12 trillion.
According to Reyna Usman, Director General of Worker Empowerment and Placement at the Ministry, the high number of migrant workers that returned to Indonesia for the Eid celebration contributed to the increase in the total remitted funds. t.
“The high number of migrant workers that returned to Indonesia contributed 40% - 50% of the total remitted funds recorded by the Ministry,” says Reyna.
Elaborating, , Reyna informed that approximately 100,000 migrant workers returned to Indonesia for the Eid celebration this year mostly from Middle East countries, Brunei Darussalam, Malaysia, Singapore, Hong Kong, South Korea, Japan and Taiwan. Some of them were on leave and the rest had either completed their contract or will extend their overseas contract from Indonesia.
Indonesian immigrant workers who were unable to return home for the holiday also significantly contributed to the total amount remitted toIndonesia. Such immigrant workers used various methods to send money to their family through both banks and non-bank financial institutions. In addition, , there are also some workers who gave cash to their compatriots who returned to Indonesia.
In anticipation of possible wasteful consumption, Muhaimin Iskandar, Minister of the Manpower and Transmigration encourages migrants workers as well as their families to utilizefunds brought back from overseas in a productive manner, for example to invest in agriculture, plantations or the trading sector and to capitalize on potential opportunities in their home towns.
To support such efforts, , the Government has organized initiatives in several regions where migrant workers and their families originate from. Such initiatives include assisting individuals and or groups to develop new entreprisesr, labor-intensive employment, home industry businesses, counseling on bank and non-banking loans as well as remittance services.
“By doing so, the remittances will not only be l beneficial to the development of the region but will also create new job opportunities for local society,” Muhaimin explains.
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Ady TD Achmad, Robert Sidauruk
The Ministry of Manpower and Transmigration (Ministry) has recorded that the total amount of remittances to Indonesia by Indonesian migrant workers for this year’s Eid celebration, reached Rp 15 trillion, an increase of Rp 3 trillion from last year’s Rp 12 trillion.
According to Reyna Usman, Director General of Worker Empowerment and Placement at the Ministry, the high number of migrant workers that returned to Indonesia for the Eid celebration contributed to the increase in the total remitted funds. t.
“The high number of migrant workers that returned to Indonesia contributed 40% - 50% of the total remitted funds recorded by the Ministry,” says Reyna.
Elaborating, , Reyna informed that approximately 100,000 migrant workers returned to Indonesia for the Eid celebration this year mostly from Middle East countries, Brunei Darussalam, Malaysia, Singapore, Hong Kong, South Korea, Japan and Taiwan. Some of them were on leave and the rest had either completed their contract or will extend their overseas contract from Indonesia.
Indonesian immigrant workers who were unable to return home for the holiday also significantly contributed to the total amount remitted toIndonesia. Such immigrant workers used various methods to send money to their family through both banks and non-bank financial institutions. In addition, , there are also some workers who gave cash to their compatriots who returned to Indonesia.
In anticipation of possible wasteful consumption, Muhaimin Iskandar, Minister of the Manpower and Transmigration encourages migrants workers as well as their families to utilizefunds brought back from overseas in a productive manner, for example to invest in agriculture, plantations or the trading sector and to capitalize on potential opportunities in their home towns.
To support such efforts, , the Government has organized initiatives in several regions where migrant workers and their families originate from. Such initiatives include assisting individuals and or groups to develop new entreprisesr, labor-intensive employment, home industry businesses, counseling on bank and non-banking loans as well as remittance services.
“By doing so, the remittances will not only be l beneficial to the development of the region but will also create new job opportunities for local society,” Muhaimin explains.
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