As a labor-sending and receiving region, ASEAN committed itself to protect migrant workers, Indonesian Manpower and Transmigration Minister Muhaimin Iskandar said at the Presidential Palace here on Wednesday.
The recommendation would deal among others with occupational security and protection, and social insurance, he said.
He said relevant ministries of each ASEAN member state was in the process of finalizing the draft of the recommendation.
Asked about the bill on protection of domestic helpers, Muhaimin said his ministry had already prepared it and would soon bring it to a meeting of relevant ministries for discussion.
Once the bill was passed into law, it would provide basic protection to domestic helpers, including guarantee of no violence and rights to fair employment and protection, he said.
(T.D013*P008/S012/HAJM/A014)
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