A quarterly magazine on the peoples of Indonesia - cultures, politics, economy and environment https://www.insideindonesia.org/component/tags/tag/labour-migration 2025-08-31T12:52:03+07:00 Inside Indonesia admin@insideindonesia.org Joomla! - Open Source Content Management 2020-12-21T09:17:38+07:00 2020-12-21T09:17:38+07:00 https://www.insideindonesia.org/archive/articles/far-sighted-approach-to-migrant-rights Jemma Purdey

<h5>The Indonesian government is much more interested in its own citizens abroad than Filipino migrant workers under its nose</h5>

<h5>The Indonesian government is much more interested in its own citizens abroad than Filipino migrant workers under its nose</h5> 2018-04-28T14:02:47+07:00 2018-04-28T14:02:47+07:00 https://www.insideindonesia.org/editions/edition-132-apr-jun-2018/roadside-medicine-men Jemma Purdey

<p align="left"><em>Bootleg medicine sales are part of Indonesia’s healthcare infrastructure</em></p>

<p align="left"><em>Bootleg medicine sales are part of Indonesia’s healthcare infrastructure</em></p> 2017-10-19T17:13:50+07:00 2017-10-19T17:13:50+07:00 https://www.insideindonesia.org/editions/edition-130-oct-dec-2017-2/multiplier-effects-on-the-bombana-goldfields Hanifa Abdiraihan

<p><em>Benefits ripple outwards but local government struggles to regulate the process</em></p>

<p><em>Benefits ripple outwards but local government struggles to regulate the process</em></p> 2016-04-25T01:37:31+07:00 2016-04-25T01:37:31+07:00 https://www.insideindonesia.org/archive/articles/a-room-of-one-s-own Jemma Purdey

<h4>Mobile libraries and writers clubs reveal a rich reading and writing culture among Indonesian migrant workers in Hong Kong</h4>

<h4>Mobile libraries and writers clubs reveal a rich reading and writing culture among Indonesian migrant workers in Hong Kong</h4> 2016-01-10T06:31:00+07:00 2016-01-10T06:31:00+07:00 https://www.insideindonesia.org/archive/articles/chan Hannah Purdy

<h4 style="text-align: left;">Village morality complicates our assumptions about what it means to ‘succeed’ as a migrant worker</h4>

<h4 style="text-align: left;">Village morality complicates our assumptions about what it means to ‘succeed’ as a migrant worker</h4> 2015-07-18T13:43:03+07:00 2015-07-18T13:43:03+07:00 https://www.insideindonesia.org/archive/articles/bridging-the-divide-after-conflict Hannah Purdy

<h4>A recent visit to Ambon shows that trade is helping to bridge the divide in a religiously segregated society</h4>

<h4>A recent visit to Ambon shows that trade is helping to bridge the divide in a religiously segregated society</h4> 2014-12-02T04:40:58+07:00 2014-12-02T04:40:58+07:00 https://www.insideindonesia.org/archive/articles/back-with-a-vengeance Benny Hari Juliawan

<h4>Former migrant workers are finding new empowerment in the bureaucratic jungle of legal aid</h4>

<h4>Former migrant workers are finding new empowerment in the bureaucratic jungle of legal aid</h4> 2014-04-13T01:50:17+07:00 2014-04-13T01:50:17+07:00 https://www.insideindonesia.org/archive/articles/wasted-talent Ellen Prusinski

<h4>Returned migrant workers have much to offer, but have trouble achieving recognition for the skills they’ve developed abroad</h4>

<h4>Returned migrant workers have much to offer, but have trouble achieving recognition for the skills they’ve developed abroad</h4> 2010-04-24T21:00:00+07:00 2010-04-24T21:00:00+07:00 https://www.insideindonesia.org/editions/edition1007/costly-inducements Wayne Palmer

<h6>Pocket money given to intending migrant domestic workers comes at a price</h6>

<h6>Pocket money given to intending migrant domestic workers comes at a price</h6> 2010-04-24T21:00:00+07:00 2010-04-24T21:00:00+07:00 https://www.insideindonesia.org/editions/edition1007/passports-optional Nurul Ilmi Idrus

<h6>Indonesian migrant workers without visas - or sometimes even passports - rely on the help of middlemen to get past immigration checkpoints into East Malaysia</h6>

<h6>Indonesian migrant workers without visas - or sometimes even passports - rely on the help of middlemen to get past immigration checkpoints into East Malaysia</h6>