Legal Protection for Indonesian Migrant Workers Who Commit Criminal Act Abroad Viewed from Legal Perspective in Indonesia

This study aimed to determine how the legal protection of Indonesian Migrant Workers if they were involved in criminal cases abroad where the migrant workers works. This research was a qualitative research with a normative juridical approach. The method used in this research was the literature review method. The data obtained were then analyzed descriptively. Based on the research results, it was stated that there were still many cases of persecution by Indonesian Migrant Workers in the countries where they work. This resulted in the migrant workers being caught in a legal case in that country because of the human instinct to protect himself. Based on International Law and also National Law in Indonesia, especially laws related to the protection of Indonesian Migrant Workers, migrant workers must be protected. In Law Number 18 year 2017 concerning Protection of Indonesian Migrant Workers, it has been stated that Indonesian Migrant Workers and their families get protection from before working in the form of administrative and technical protection, protection during work and protection after work.