“(We) have agreed and are working to build cooperation between the two countries in the placement of migrant workers in Qatar,” Minister of P2MI, Abdul Kadir Karding, informed after a meeting at the ministry here on Thursday.
At an earlier meeting on Wednesday, the two parties had discussed the potential for cooperation in worker placements in Qatar.
Karding said that during the meeting, the two parties discussed several priority sectors for cooperation in the placement of migrant workers.
The sectors include health, hospitality, and information and technology (IT), besides other sectors whose potential is still being explored.
Karding further noted that Qatar has achieved significant progress in reforming its employment protection system.
“They have even ratified the ILO (International Labour Organization) convention on employment, and they have also carried out bureaucratic reforms, system reforms that provide guarantees to migrant workers from all countries,” he said.
He added that this has made him even more confident about opening cooperation with Qatar in the placement of Indonesian migrant workers.
In addition, the meeting discussed steps to integrate employment data between the Indonesian and Qatari governments, so that all data on Indonesian migrant workers in Qatar can be recorded.
“So, we integrate the data to provide more guarantees for protection,” he said.
Karding expressed the hope that the two-day meeting would be followed up with the formation of a special task force to discuss the cooperation in greater detail, so that the placement of Indonesian migrant workers in Qatar can be carried out soon.
“In the near future, we will form a task force team from both sides. Hopefully, if there are no obstacles, the placement cooperation with Qatar can be implemented soon,” the minister added.
In the meantime, Undersecretary of the Minister of Labour of Qatar, Sheikha Najwa bint Abdulrahman Al Thani, expressed her appreciation for the hospitality shown by the ministry during their two-day meeting.
She said that the meeting resulted in constructive dialogue and expressed the hope that cooperation in the placement of Indonesian migrant workers in Qatar would be implemented soon.
“We are very grateful and thankful to His Excellency the Minister, General, and the entire team from the ministry… for a very constructive dialogue that is going to see real-life results for the lives of Indonesian workers in the state of Qatar,” she added.
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