BANDUNG, unpas.ac.id – The rising up of human trafficking occurred in West Java have caught the attention of Department of International Relation (Hubungan Internasional, HI), FISIP, Universitas Pasundan.
To fight for this crime, Unpas Department of International Relation along with LBH for Bandung, Indonesian Migrant Labour Confederation (Serikat Buruh Migran Indonesia, SBMI) for Sukabumi and International Organization of Migration (IOM) holds the program of Law and Human Rights education in Sukabumi District.
The program entitled “Waspada Perdagangan Orang” was attended by 30 retired migrant workers who have worked in Saudi Arabia and other Middle Eastern countries.
Head of Unpas Department of International Relation, Drs. Alif Oktavian, MH., reviewed that there are several thing people need to be given education on human trafficking.
“First, most people in the village do not know that they could be involved in the human trafficking activities, both as the actor or the victim,” he said, on Friday, 1 July 2022.
Second, people have not known that since 2015, Indonesian government has already stopped the sending of informal workers to the 19 Middle Eastern countries.
“Third, people do not know the basic rights they own as migrant workers, such as work contracts, duration of work and who to contact when a problem occurs,” he added.
Desa Bojongsawah, Kebonpedes Sub-District, Sukabumi District, is one of the sources of migrant workers which become the victim of human trafficking activities.
In a day, SBMI Sukabumi can receive two reports of human trafficking activities from citizens. “After taking participation in the program of Education of Law and Human rights, people would probably know that they have actually once been victim of human trafficking,” he said.
Other than getting their human rights restricted and limited from their boss, workers also receive their income less than the amount agreed in the employment contract.
“Indonesian migrant workers must be protected from human trafficking, slavery, forced labour, victims of violence, arbitrariness, crimes against their dignity, and treatment that violates human rights,” he concluded. (Reta)**
