Normative legal research reveals threats to citizenship for Indonesian workers in Malaysia, highlighting the need for better protection.
Indonesian workers working in Sabah, Malaysia are threatened with losing their citizenship because they do not have valid documents regarding citizenship status. The aim of the problem is how to provide legal protection for Indonesian workers who work in Malaysia's Sabah oil palm plantations according to Indonesian laws and regulations. The research method used is normative legal research, namely to find and formulate legal arguments through analysis of the main issues. The results of this research explain that the threat of losing citizenship for Indonesian workers working in Sabah oil palm plantations is due to the Indonesian government's neglect of its citizens who want to work abroad without having to control the mobility of their population. Legislation in Indonesia already exists in order to protect its citizens who work abroad, so how can the implementation of each law and statutory regulation be enforced.
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