Indonesian Migrant Workers Protest Illegal Brokerage Fees

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Some Indonesian migrant workers say they've been charged illegal brokerage fees when renewing contracts or changing employers. They and labor rights NGOs are demanding a crackdown on the practice.

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00:00Migrant workers are demanding the government stop job brokers from charging illegal fees

00:05to help them renew contracts or switch employees.

00:0920 workers who have been charged these fees gathered with NGOs outside the Labor Ministry Sunday

00:14to share their stories of exploitation.

00:19Not long ago, our contract was ending and the employer wanted to keep employing us.

00:24But while handling the paperwork, the broker privately demanded we each pay $1,600 to $2,600 U.S. dollars

00:31as a condition for renewing the contract.

00:34The workers here did eventually get their money back,

00:38but NGO Taiwan International Workers Association says that's not enough.

00:43It's calling for changes, including more direct hiring of migrant workers,

00:47a stringent international monitoring system,

00:49and severe punishment for brokers who charge these illegal fees.

00:54The Labor Ministry says that brokers caught taking money illegally from migrant workers

01:15can be fined up to 20 times the amount they take and be shut down.

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