BILATERAL HANDLING OF ILLEGAL INDONESIAN MIGRANT WORKERS BY THE GOVERNMENTS OF INDONESIA AND MALAYSIA: A REVIEW FROM INTERNATIONAL LAW
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https://doi.org/10.37231/apj.2025.8.2.785Abstract
Abstract: The phenomenon of illegal Indonesian Migrant Workers has a very serious impact on the protection of human rights such as labor exploitation, human trafficking, ill-treatment such as verbal and physical violence, and others. This study aims to analyze how the handling of illegal Indonesian migrant workers is carried out by the governments of Indonesia and Malaysia within the framework of bilateral cooperation as well as how the provisions of international law regulate the protection of migrant workers. This study adopts a qualitative by doctrinal and comparative analysis which relies on the primary and secondary sources collected from physical library and online platforms. The data is processed qualitatively and described in an analytical descriptive manner. The results of the study show that the factor of illegal migrant workers is caused by educational, economic, social factors, weak law enforcement and bureaucracy. The implementation of bilateral cooperation between the two countries is still not optimal in providing comprehensive legal protection for illegal migrant workers such as the Recalibration program which is considered ineffective and contrary to the MoU, so it is necessary to strengthen the implementation of the MoU between the governments of Indonesia and Malaysia, deport illegal migrant workers to provide a deterrent effect and establish international forums such as IOM and ILO to deal with the problem of illegal migrant workers.
Keywords: Bilateral, Illegal, Indonesia, Malaysia, Migrant Workers.
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