The Role of Government of Indonesia in Providing Aid and Protection to Indonesian Citizens Living Overseas

Under globalization, boundaries and gaps responsible for creating distance and promoting hurdles on people and their mobility are now slowly but surely obsoleting if not diminishing. This phenomenon has brought both positive and negative consequences - the ease of achieving economic, recreational, religious, and educational goals achieved by migrating, especially for Indonesian citizens, has been more attainable than ever. However, the increasing number of Indonesian going abroad goes hand in hand with several unintended social and criminal consequences such as kidnappings, detentions and people being misplaced. This has prompted Indonesian government to provide platform to overcome such alarming phenomenon. This article aims to seek the extent to which Indonesian government is present in providing aids and protection towards their citizens facing legal and security entanglement abroad. The research hopes to contribute into the recent existing studies and literatures on the development and complexion of old and new paradigms of threats against human security, particularly on national and governmental efforts in combatting legal disputes and advocating national interests abroad.