Illegal migrants Threatened Difficult Death Penalty Be Saved

JAKARTA - The government acknowledges he can not save Labour Indonesia (TKI) are illegal under sentence of death.
 Minister of Manpower and Transmigration (minister) Muhaimin Iskandar said the government provides the best lawyers of the state placements to help these workers the legal process.
 Through the State as a consular representative and ambassador of the government also arranged for the death sentence shifted into a life sentence.
 Muhaimin added, although the government continues to assist undocumented workers who use and also illegal, but he admitted that the government is very difficult to free illegal migrants who were executed in order to get a reduced sentence. Because the position of workers who leave without a passport or visa had violated immigration so that the bargaining position of the government of Indonesia was low.
 "The handling of illegal workers is more difficult and complicated due to the time of entry into the country illegal migrants already breaking the law," he said in the socialization process of improving the provision and placement of workers abroad and the protection of citizens in the State.
 Based on the data, there are 37 citizens or workers who threatened the death penalty in Saudi Arabia. While there are 149 workers in Malaysia and in China there are 14 people who were waiting to die at the hands of the executioner. The number rose still grow in the presence of migrant workers in Singapore, a migrant worker in Iran and a migrant worker in Brunei who suffer the same fate. Despite government's pessimistic but Muhaimin stated, the unit officer (Task Force) workers will perform a variety of approaches to the royal government in the State or the placement in order to be compensated.
 "Like in Saudi Arabia to establish communication with the government task force and the King and the families of victims to defend. Thus, the sentence the convict workers can be shifted into at least a life sentence. Then there is the placement of bilateral cooperation with the State to form a blanket guarantee coverage for particular conditions of employment and decent wages for workers, "explained the minister.
 However, he said, the government helped with the ratification of the UN Convention on the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Their Families as a basis for the realization of upstream improvements placement and protection of migrant workers during the pre-placement, placement, and after placement.
 Establishment of Task Force workers through Presidential Decree No. 17 of 2011 also mandated to continue the provision of advocacy and legal assistance for the citizen / migrant workers under sentence of death as well as monitor the results.
 Task Force also works to develop standard procedures for handling cases of Representative of Indonesia to the citizens / workers under sentence of death, arrange the provision of process improvement recommendations, placement, and protection of citizens / migrant workers abroad and provide effective information to the public about the handling of citizens / workers is under sentence of death.

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