Off the wire
• Results of Chinese Super League  • Results of CBA league  • Chinese Super League soccer standings  • More car accident deaths prompt calls for road safety national strategy in Greece  • 1st Ld-Writethru: President Xi says China's open door will not close  • China claims three platform titles at FINA Diving World Series  • 57,000 civilians flee homes in western Mosul amid fierce clashes against IS  • Sudanese army receives released war prisoners from rebel sector  • Paulinho scores twice as brilliant Guangzhou defeats Beijing  • Iran, Azerbaijan sign cooperation agreements  
You are here: 　 Home

Indonesian delegation in Bahrain to review lifting ban on domestic workers

Xinhua, March 5, 2017 Adjust font size:

An Indonesian delegation is in Bahrain on Sunday to study the possibility to lift the ban on domestic workers imposed in 2015.

Labour Market Regulatory Authority (LMRA) Chief Executive Officer Osama bin Abdulla Al-Absi highlighted in a statement on Sunday released by Bahrain News Agency that the delegation accepted to reconsider the ban decision imposed on Bahrain after learning about the efforts to protect migrant workers and fight human trafficking.

Indonesia stopped in 2015 sending its nationals to work as domestic helps in 21 countries, most of them in the Middle East, including Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain, Oman, Jordan and UAE.

Al-Absi highlighted that there are 12,343 Indonesians working in Bahrain, majority of them work as domestic workers, representing 94 percent of total Indonesian workforce.

Bahrain is dedicated to opening new recruitment markets to meet the high demands for foreign workers in various sectors, especially after this week decision of the Bangladeshi Embassy to stop new permissions for its nationals to work in Bahrain until their living and working conditions are improved. Endit