The following Migran Pos tries to summarize some of the traditions that are usually carried out before the month of Ramadan

Nyadaran / Nyekar: It is a common tradition in some areas of Java Island, where the living family visits the graves of deceased relatives, to clean the graves, pray and some throw flowers.

Muploadan: It is a tradition of the Sundanese Islamic community. The form of implementation varies, generally gathering with family and relatives, eating together, forgiving each other and praying together. In addition, there are also those who visit tourist attractions with their family, make pilgrimages to their parents or religious leaders.

Padusan: It is a tradition that is usually carried out by the people of Boyolali and some areas in Java to purify themselves, by bathing or soaking in the sea, or water sources that are considered sacred.

Nyorog : It is a tradition of the Betawi people and some other regions, this tradition is in the form of distributing gifts such as raw food, sugar, coffee, and the like to relatives. Sometimes the gift is in the form of cooked food, with some special foods and put in a basket.

Malamang: It is the ancestral tradition of the people of West Sumatra carried out by mothers, who in groups make lamang made of glutinous rice mixed with coconut milk, then cooked in a bamboo sleeve after previously being rolled with a banana leaf.

Pilgrimage Kubro: is a tradition that is usually carried out by the people of Palembang, making pilgrimages to the tombs of ancestors and scholars in Tengkurep Crater where the ancestors and scholars are buried.

Those are some traditions that are usually missed when approaching Ramadan. As Messiah, an Indonesian Migrant Workers (PMI) from Madiun, who has been working in Hong Kong since 2000, the things he miss the most are Nyekar and Nyorog.

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According to the Public Information Bureau, Brigadier General Awi Setiono said the man who had served as head of the National Agency for the Placement and Protection of Indonesian Migrant Workers (BNP2TKI), which has now changed to BP2MI (Indonesian Migrant Workers Protection Agency) was arrested on Tuesday morning (13/10). ).

“Jumhur was arrested this morning,” said Brigadier General Awi, quoted from CNNIndonesia.com, Tuesday (10/13/2020).

Brigadier General Awi also explained that Jumhur was arrested for allegedly violating the Law on Information and Electronic Transactions (ITE), which he uploaded through his social media.

Meanwhile, as reported by abc.net, Usman Hamid as Executive Director of Amnesty International Indonesia, responded to the arrests to spread fear to those who criticized the ratification of the Omnibus Law on Job Creation.

Previously, two WE officials had been arrested by the police. Anton Permana as the WE declarator who was arrested on Sunday (11/10) and a member of the KAMI Executive Committee, Syahganda Nainggolan were arrested on Tuesday morning (13/10). Both were arrested on the same charge, violating the ITE Law.

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“If there are layoffs, there are benefits in the form of increasing competence or up-skilling, as well as being given access to new jobs,” said Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Airlangga Hartarto as quoted by CNN.com.

JKP is claimed to have 3 benefits in the form of cash, access to job market information, and job training. For the initial stage, JKP’s funding source comes from the government’s pocket. Furthermore, the source of JKP contributions will rely on the recomposition of contributions from the social security program and BPJS Ketenagakerjaan’s operational funds.

According to the BPJS Watch Advocacy Coordinator, Timboel Siregar, the government’s new program has no clarity.

“I said that JKP is not clear where the contributions will come from, while the businessmen are adamant that they do not want to increase their contributions, but regarding the recomposition, please. So, entrepreneurs only re-park, they are taken from next door and put into JKP, they only change the parking lot,” explained Timboel Siregar.

He also said at a glance that JKP did provide a myriad of benefits for the victims of layoffs. However, in fact JKP actually comes from workers and laborers and is intended for workers and workers themselves. Some previous funding programs, for example, came from participants’ own contributions.

The government’s portion, as stated in the Job Creation Act, is not much, only the initial capital.

“So it’s the workers who are harmed, this JKP is made by the workers for the workers,” he told CNNIndonesia.com, Tuesday (13/10/20).

BPJS Employment itself currently runs 4 social security programs, namely, Work Accident Insurance (JKK), death insurance (JKM), old age insurance (JHT), and pension insurance (JP). And the amount of each contribution is:

JKK, in the range of 0.24 percent-1.74 percent of salary depending on work risk.

JKM equals 0.3 percent of salary. Both fees are paid by the entrepreneur.

JHT is 5.7 percent of salary of which 3.7 percent is borne by employers and 2 percent from workers.

JP, employers pay 2 percent and workers 1 percent, so the total contribution is 3 percent of salary.

So, in total employers pay 10.24 percent to 11.74 percent to pay for social security per month. While JKP, BPJS Ketenagakerjaan will not collect new contributions, but will recompose contributions from the 4 programs.

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According to the Head of BP2MI Benny Rhamdani, the locations for the non-procedural CPMI shelters are located in Roro Cantik Housing, Plumbon, Karangasem Village and Cheeseden Housing in the Plumbon area, Cirebon Regency, West Java. Benny explained, BP2MI received a report of illegal shelter from an NGO, the Indonesian Migrant Workers Union (SBMI) which said there were several PMI candidates who would be dispatched non-procedurally.

“The shelter we found is illegal, because individuals cannot shelter PMI candidates. We are concerned about shelters with very unworthy conditions, dirty and smelly, this is a serious concern of the government,” said Benny

From the results of the data collection carried out by government officials, the PMI candidates have been in the shelter for two months, some of them have even been waiting for departure for more than a year, and have always been promised that they will immediately depart for Taiwan and Poland.

“The point is, our arrival tonight is to prove that in the efforts to send PMI candidates to placement countries, there are always certain parties who simplify the process and make savings on costs that are obligations that must be incurred by the company but by taking advantage of the benefits. as much as possible from CPMI itself,” said Benny.

Based on information from the 25 CPMIs who were in the illegal shelters, they were asked on average a sum of money ranging from Rp. 45 million to Rp. 52 million, citing the costs and the process of departing to the destination country. According to BP2MI, his party has confiscated files that will be used as evidence and will be processed legally, because according to Benny, the actions of the owner of the illegal shelter violated the applicable laws.

From the results of the operation, BP2MI will bring six victims who are prospective illegal migrant workers and have been in the area for a long time. “We have brought six people who have been promised for a year that they will go abroad, we will develop their examination at the BP2MI office,” said Benny.

Benny said, whoever tries to commit the crime of trafficking in persons, whoever they are, whether they are the owners of capital or certain individuals who have power, BP2MI will never be afraid and will not stop the war against illegal PMI sending syndicates.

“BP2MI will be a nightmare for whoever they are, the State must not lose, the State is present and the law must work. The state is present, BP2MI provides protection for PMI as ordered by the President to protect PMI from head to toe,” said Benny

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As reported by Reuters, the Wuhan City Health Commission has found three positive samples on the outer packaging of frozen boneless beef from Brazil. The beef entered China via the Qingdao port on August 7 and reached Wuhan on August 17, where the meat products have remained in cold storage facilities until now.

According to the Commission, the registration code for beef shipment exporters is 2015, and refers to a factory owned by Marfrig Global Foods SA in Várzea Grande, Mato Grosso state. So far Marfrig has declined to comment. The Brazilian government itself did not immediately comment on the status of the factory’s license to sell beef to China.

According to the commerce ministry’s website, the Várzea Grande Marfrig facility had previously been suspended by China due to coronavirus concerns. The ban has been in effect since September 22 and was lifted on October 23. More than 100 staff at the Wuhan facility have undergone tests and 200 environmental samples have been taken.

After taking drastic measures to control the spread of the virus in society this year, China at the end of last June began testing imported food. In September, they only found 22 positive samples out of nearly 3 million, but after some workers at the port were recently found to be infected with the virus, they stepped up testing and disinfection of food imports from this week.

Chinese authorities also found the coronavirus on packaging for Argentine beef this week, and another sample of imported beef was found positive in Shandong, the province’s representative said on Friday. China is the world’s biggest buyer of beef and Brazil and Argentina are the biggest suppliers.

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“These migrant workers carry the spirit of red and white in their chests, live Pancasila in their hearts, and become a mirror of Indonesian culture. So they deserve to be awarded the title of Tourism Ambassador for Indonesia, in marketing and promoting Indonesia’s tourism and creative economy,” said Benny in a series of Migrant Day 2020 activities at the UPT BP2MI office in Jakarta, Monday (18/11).

According to Benny, if the 3.7 million PMI recorded by the Government (or 9 million PMI according to the World Bank including non-procedural ones) can become Tourism Ambassadors, then that is the potential number of foreign tourists that PMI can bring to Indonesia. For that reason, his party hopes to provide PMI with insights into Indonesian tourism which can later be introduced to their employers.

“There is no doubt that PMI is able to incorporate Indonesian culture into daily interactions with employers. There is no doubt that PMI is able to carry out the mission of introducing Indonesian culture, and of course promoting Indonesian tourism,” explained Benny.

To realize this, BP2MI signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy in the context of Developing Tourism and Economic Potential of Indonesian Migrant Workers and Their Families.

While giving his speech, the Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy, Wishnutama, hoped that with this memorandum of understanding apart from being a foreign exchange hero, PMI could also become a hero for Indonesian tourism. “As a tourism ambassador, PMI will represent Indonesia abroad and introduce Indonesia to the world,” he added.

In addition, this collaboration is also expected to make it easier for returning PMIs to develop their businesses in the tourism and creative economy sectors through coordination and synchronization of planning related to access to capital.

“Besides economic remittances, PMI also brings social remittances, such as skills, ideas, and practices that migrant workers learn abroad and then bring to their areas of origin to build communities in the areas where they live. This social development is the social impact of overseas migration,” said Benny.

When Benny had a dialogue with IETO Taiwan regarding the excellent program for placing PMI abroad or the Special Placement Program to Taiwan (SP2), and company representatives and PMIs placed through the SP2T scheme, IETO Taiwan said the number of PMIs that had been placed through the SP2T scheme until October 2020 was as much as 38 people who were placed in the company Shing Kong Textile and Ho Yu Textile.

“The whole SP2T process is very easy and fast, even when I was in Taiwan, the company provided adequate facilities and I felt appreciated. With that, I am grateful for the opportunity to experience working with a zero cost scheme,” said Nita Mutmainah virtually, PMI who went to Taiwan with SP2T.

Benny also advised PMIs residing in countries of placement to maintain the good name of Indonesia. “Dignity Indonesia is represented by PMI. The good or bad of Indonesia is assessed through the PMI. For that, continue to talk about all the good things about Indonesia. You are Indonesian Tourism Ambassadors,” said Benny.

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Based on survey results from the World Bank in collaboration with the Central Statistics Agency and the World Bank, there are 9 million Indonesian Migrant Workers (PMI) spread across 150 countries. While the data owned by BP2MI is only 3.7 million PMIs who work abroad. This means that there are 5.3 million undocumented migrant workers.

While attending the Migrant Day event at the BM2MI Technical Implementation Unit Office in the Serang area, Banten, Benny Ramdhani as the head of BP2MI said workers who departed via the dark lane were automatically not registered by the state.

“Workers who leave through automatic syndicates cannot be registered by the state,” said Benny, quoted from IDNTimes, Thursday (11/19/2020).

Benny also admitted that it was difficult for the state to provide protection because they did not have the identity of the migrant workers.

To combat the syndicate itself, BP2MI has formed a task force to eradicate illegal shipments of Indonesian Migrant Workers and educate, socialize, and train the public regarding the dangers of syndicates sending illegal migrant workers.

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As previously reported, a PMI with the initials MH, has been subjected to various tortures by his employer, ranging from being hit with a blunt object, being cut with a sharp object and being doused with hot water and not being given food.

“Indonesia demands full protection of Indonesian migrant workers, and strict supervision of employers who employ PMIs and must fulfill workers’ rights and ensure strict law enforcement against employers who have tortured MH,” the Ministry of Foreign Affairs wrote on its official website.

The Malaysian Ambassador expressed his concern and said he was shocked by the incident that happened to MH. The Malaysian government said it would take the PMI seriously. Currently, MH’s employer has been detained and charged with violating the Anti-Trafficking in Persons and Anti-Smuggling of Migrants Act 2007.

Reporting from liputan6, on the same day on Nov 27, 2020, the Indonesian Embassy in Kuala Lumpur visited MH who was being treated at the Kuala Lumpur Hospital. His party said that MH was in stable condition and had received treatment from a team of doctors to treat wounds and psychological treatment.

The Indonesian Embassy in Malaysia said it would assign a retainer lawyer to monitor the law enforcement process against MH’s employer. The Indonesian Ambassador to Malaysia has also communicated directly with MH’s husband, to convey the government’s commitment to resolving this case as fairly as possible, and to ensure that MH gets treatment until he recovers.

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Previously, the Indonesian government had announced that it would implement a new regulation to eliminate placement fees for migrant workers, including migrant domestic workers. In response, Secretary of Labor & Welfare Dr Law Chi-kwong told lawmakers he understood that employers of domestic workers in Hong Kong had concerns about the new regulations.

The Ministry of Manpower met with representatives of the Consulate General of the Republic of Indonesia (KJRI) in Hong Kong last September to learn more about the details of the new regulation.

According to the Indonesian Consulate General, the major change caused by this new regulation is that employers will bear three cost items that are still borne by domestic workers. Namely the cost of a passport to leave their country, a certificate without a criminal record and payments for Indonesian Migrant Workers Social Security insurance, totaling around $500 to $800.

Meanwhile, local governments in Indonesia will bear the costs of skills training and skills competency certificates.

Dr Law noted that the Hong Kong Government understands that local employers are very concerned about whether the costs of skills training will ultimately be passed on to them.

Law said the department had conveyed the views of Hong Kong employers to the Consulate General, and added that he wrote to the Indonesian Consul General in Hong Kong to reiterate the Hong Kong Government’s stance that the new regulations should not lead to a significant increase in fees charged to employers, nor should they impact bad for migrant domestic workers from Indonesia who come to Hong Kong.

Dr Law noted that the Government of Indonesia is currently drafting arrangements for other cost items and implementation details under the new regulations and will announce them in due course. And the Hong Kong Ministry of Manpower will continue to communicate with the Indonesian Consulate General to follow up on the new regulation.

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As is known, lately the price of masks has soared and stocks are limited. Because of these conditions, sometimes we ignore the use of masks. Do not let the mask that is supposed to protect yourself, because the wrong use will actually bring disease.

Reporting from detik.com, by telephone, Dr. Diah Handayani, SpP, a pulmonologist from the Friendship Hospital, East Jakarta, suggested that masks be used for a maximum of 6 hours. Or if the mask is not wet and the shape is still intact, it can still be used but must avoid using the mask the next day.

Dr. Diah also suggested that after handling the mask, the user should wash their hands so that the virus or germs do not enter the respiratory and digestive tracts.

However, unlike ordinary surgical makers, N95 masks can be reused with the condition that they are placed in a special place or wrapped in non-porous packages so that the mask is not damp.

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