23.03.2012
Indonesia is set to soon open in Riau Islands the country’s first trauma center for psychologically troubled Indonesian migrant workers.
The center, currently under construction, will sit on 2.5 hectares of land in Tanjung Pinang.
The provincial administration officially gifted the plot of land to the Ministry of Social Affairs, which will run the center, during a ceremony in Batam on Thursday.
Social Affairs Minister Salim Segaf Al Jufri, speaking after the ceremony, said Riau Islands was chosen as the location for the new center because the province was frequently visited by migrant workers on their way to destination countries, especially Malaysia, or
on the way back to their hometowns.
Some of these workers, especially those having faced problems in their workplaces, were often traumatized and needed psychological treatment.
“We can’t just send them back to where they come from. We must first take care of them until their mental health recovers,” Salim said.
He said the construction of the center was expected to be completed within the next three months.
Riau Islands recorded an average of 30,000 migrant workers stopping by in the province every year since 2003, including 16,000 troubled workers deported from Malaysia last year.
The center, currently under construction, will sit on 2.5 hectares of land in Tanjung Pinang.
The provincial administration officially gifted the plot of land to the Ministry of Social Affairs, which will run the center, during a ceremony in Batam on Thursday.
Social Affairs Minister Salim Segaf Al Jufri, speaking after the ceremony, said Riau Islands was chosen as the location for the new center because the province was frequently visited by migrant workers on their way to destination countries, especially Malaysia, or
on the way back to their hometowns.
Some of these workers, especially those having faced problems in their workplaces, were often traumatized and needed psychological treatment.
“We can’t just send them back to where they come from. We must first take care of them until their mental health recovers,” Salim said.
He said the construction of the center was expected to be completed within the next three months.
Riau Islands recorded an average of 30,000 migrant workers stopping by in the province every year since 2003, including 16,000 troubled workers deported from Malaysia last year.
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