Jakarta Globe, February 15, 2011
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| An Indonesian domestic worker attending a class at a training center in Jakarta. Saudi Arabia has suspended the recruitment of Indonesian migrant workers due to “exorbitant charges and lack of qualified workers,” a media report said on Monday. (AFP Photo) |
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Saudi Arabia has suspended the recruitment of Indonesian migrant workers due to “exorbitant charges and lack of qualified workers,” a media report said on Monday.
The suspension takes immediate effect.
Arab News reported that the national recruitment committee at the Council of Saudi Chambers of Commerce and Industry had also advised “recruitment offices not to receive any work visas for Indonesians as the Indonesian Labor Federation has failed to abide by the terms and conditions of a bilateral agreement.”
“We also advise Saudis not to apply for new recruitment visas for Indonesia due to exorbitant charges and lack of qualified workers,” the committee said.
The comments could be considered a major slap in the fact to the estimated one million Indonesians working in the kingdom, 97 percent of whom are employed as house cleaners and drivers.
Yahya Hassan Al-Maqbool, chairman of the recruitment committee at the Jeddah Chamber of Commerce and Industry, told Arab News that “the decision came after exaggerated reporting in the Indonesian media on the abuse of Indonesian maids by Saudi sponsors.”
Human rights organizations, including Amnesty International, have frequently criticized Saudi Arabia, which affords migrant workers few protections.
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