Edition 100: Apr-June 2010

Leaving Indonesia

Leaving Indonesia
As this edition shows, the choices faced by those who leave Indonesia for work are anything but simple
Passports optional
Indonesian migrant workers without visas - or sometimes even passports - rely on the help of middlemen to get past immigration checkpoints into East Malaysia
Token gestures
Despite recent government negotiations, Indonesian migrant workers in Malaysia remain disempowered
A matter of luck
Migrant domestic workers aspire to more than their home communities can offer and are willing to take risks to change their lives
American dreams
Undocumented Indonesian migrant labourers - known locally as kuli dollar - work long hours in difficult conditions in search of prosperity in Philadelphia