The Failures of the 2006 Memorandum of Understanding on the Recruitment and Placement of Indonesian Migrant Workers between Indonesia and Malaysia in Dealing with Cases of Human Rights Abuse towards Indonesian Migrant Domestic Workers

FAHIRA AYU F, Dr. Siti Muti'ah Setiawati,MA

2022 | Skripsi | S1 ILMU HUBUNGAN INTERNASIONAL

The significant volume of working migration between Indonesia and Malaysia has made the migration corridor between the two one of the largest and most important migration corridors in the world. The migration corridor had existed for a pretty long time, but it was not until 2006 that both countries finally signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on the Recruitment and Placement of Indonesian migrant workers, specifically for those working in the domestic sector. Even after the implementation of the MoU, however, practice of human rights abuse towards Indonesian migrant workers, especially towards women who mostly work in the domestic sector, are still happening. This research aims to describe the nature of Indonesia - Malaysia migration corridor and to analyse how is the Memorandum of Understanding between the two countries being implemented in ensuring the rights of Indonesian migrant domestic workers in Malaysia and why it failed to do its mission.

The significant volume of working migration between Indonesia and Malaysia has made the migration corridor between the two one of the largest and most important migration corridors in the world. The migration corridor had existed for a pretty long time, but it was not until 2006 that both countries finally signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on the Recruitment and Placement of Indonesian migrant workers, specifically for those working in the domestic sector. Even after the implementation of the MoU, however, practice of human rights abuse towards Indonesian migrant workers, especially towards women who mostly work in the domestic sector, are still happening. This research aims to describe the nature of Indonesia - Malaysia migration corridor and to analyse how is the Memorandum of Understanding between the two countries being implemented in ensuring the rights of Indonesian migrant domestic workers in Malaysia and why it failed to do its mission.

Kata Kunci : Memorandum of Understanding, Indonesian migrant workers, human rights abuse, domestic workers, migration corridor