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Indonesia has become one of the most significant labour exporting nations in the Asian region. Accordingly, labour export has assumed greater importance in government economic planning, and has also become a topic of increasing interest among the wider community. This article addresses some of the important issues which have attracted most attention in recent years and provides an overview of the contemporary situation in Indonesia with respect to international labour migration. Important issues in Indonesia relating to the export of labour include the high level of illegal movement, predominantly to Malaysia; the large deployment of women to work as domestic maids in Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Hong Kong and elsewhere; the role of recruiters and other intermediaries in the export of labour, and the skill profile of workers going abroad.
Graeme Hugo (Wed,) studied this question.