Legal Protection of the Rights of Indonesian Migrant Workers Based on Law Number 18 of 2017 concerning the Protection of Indonesian Migrant Workers

Ship Crew, and/or Migrant Workers, specifically referring to the ILO Convention on migrant workers of 1949 (no. 97) in article 11 are people who migrate from one country to another to work. In terminology, Indonesian Migrant Workers are individuals who move to other places, both within and outside the country, either legally or illegally to work for a certain period. Aside from that, it is directed by Regulation Number 39 of 2004 concerning the Position and Security of Indonesian Laborers Abroad vide Article 1 section (1) which expresses that the meaning of Indonesian Specialists (TKI) is each Indonesian occupant who fulfills the necessities to working abroad in a business relationship for a particular period and getting pay rates. Officially, the legitimate security game plans for Indonesian residents who work in different nations are called Indonesian Transient Specialists (PMI), as managed in Articles 4 and 5 of Regulation Number 18 of 2017 concerning the Security of Indonesian Traveler Laborers.