The Saudi Arabian National Recruitment Committee says it has asked local authorities to temporarily halt the recruitment of Indonesian workers.
The committee (Sanarcom) was quoted by arabnews as saying the authorities should stop further recruitment Indonesian workers beginning Monday.
It also suggested the Saudi government stop issuing working visas to Indonesian workers, saying the visa’s cost a lot to issue, but the workers were of a poor quality, kompas.com reported.
Head of Sanarcom Jeddah, Yahya Hassan Al-Maqbool, said the request had been issued following reports in Indonesia about the abuse of Indonesian workers by their employers in Saudi Arabia.
The head of the National Board for the Placement and Protection of Indonesian Migrant Workers, Moh. Jumhur Hidayat, said the decision to stop recruitment was up to the Saudi Arabian authorities.
He also said Sanarcom had requested that in the interests of improving coordination there should be one association instead of three to manage the placement of Indonesian workers in Saudi Arabia.
The three associations currently performing this function presently are Apjati (Association of Indonesian Worker Service Companies), Himsataki (Association of Indonesian Worker Recruitment Agencies), and IDEA (Indonesia Employment Association).
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