Indonesia set to lift ban on migrant workers to Saudi Arabia


Minister of Migrant Workers Protection Abdul Kadir Karding in Temanggung, Central Java, on November 22, 2024. - Photo: Antara file

JAKARTA: Indonesia is set to sign an agreement to lift its decade-long moratorium on sending citizens to Saudi Arabia as domestic workers and formal sector employees, following assurances of stricter labour protections from the Gulf nation.

A memorandum of understanding to facilitate the legal placement of migrant workers will be signed by ministers from both countries later this month in Jeddah, according to Migrant Workers Protection Minister Abdul Kadir Karding. 

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