IMPLEMENTATION OF INDONESIA LAW NO.18/2017 AND ASEAN CONSENSUS FOR INDONESIAN WOMEN MIGRANT WORKER BY PLACEMENT AND PROTECTION SERVICE CENTER, SOUTH SUMATRA PROVINCE

Abstract

This study aims to describe and analyze the implementation of Law Migrant Worker Protection No.18/2017 and the ASEAN Consensus on the Protection and Promotion of Migrant Workers Rights for Indonesia Migrant Workers by Agency for the Service, Placement and Protection of Indonesian Overseas Workers (Balai Pelayanan Penempatan dan Perlindungan Tenaga Kerja/BP3TKI) in Palembang, South Sumatra. The research was carried out in descriptive qualitative research with in-depth interviews, observation and documentation. The results of the study indicate: 1) there has been no technical regulation of Law Migrant Worker Protection No.18/2017 regarding procedures for handling cases of migrant workers, 2) ASEAN consensus has not affected the progress of the protection of migrant workers as BP3TKI doesn't even know what the consensus is, and 3) The existence of this law does not guarantee that migrant workers believe in protection. Many of the troubled migrant workers keep silent because they avoid complicated bureaucracy and certain reasons like debt. Government must take Indonesian migrant workers more seriously by providing technical rules for guaranteed protection of migrant workers and ASEAN consensus should be the principle of protection of migrant workers, and not only be a morally binding declaration but also a legal framework capable of binding ASEAN member countries.