IOM and the Indonesian government have launched a Safe Migration
Information Kit in an effort to protect migrant workers against
abuses, including human trafficking.

The kit consists of a Safe Migration Pocket Guide, poster and
leaflet, as well as supporting materials and Facilitators'
Guidelines to be used by community-based organizations in their
efforts to educate prospective migrants about the issues.

Fifty-five thousand copies of the Pocket Guide and hundreds of
Safe Migration posters will be disseminated through partner
community-based organizations and at airport and seaport terminals.
The project aims to reach a minimum of 25,500 migrant workers over
the next six months.

According to the National Agency of Placement and Protection of
Indonesian Overseas Workers (BNP2TKI) an estimated 4.3 million
Indonesian citizens are legally working abroad, particularly in
neighbouring Malaysia, Singapore and the Middle East. Most are
employed in low-skilled jobs in the informal sector. Over 2.5
million more are working illegally.

The trafficking and abuse of overseas workers is a serious issue
exacerbated in part by the lack of clear information to educate
prospective migrants about their rights before they decide to
register to work abroad.

The project, funded by the US State Department's Office to
Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons (G/TIP) programme, will
help BNP2TKI, the Ministry of Labour and Transmigration
(KEMENAKERTRANS) and IOM's NGO partners to efficiently deliver
accurate information.

Roughly 70 per cent of over 3,300 victims helped by IOM's
trafficking victim assistance programme in Indonesia were
trafficked for labour purposes. Some 55 per cent of them were
trafficked into domestic servitude.

For more information please contact:

Jihan Labetubun

IOM Jakarta

Tel: +62.8111907028

E-mail: "mailto:jlabetubun@iom.int">jlabetubun@iom.int