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regardless of the religious bond, Saudi employers are often surprised that the Indonesian government allows unaccompanied women to travel and work overseas, unprotected by male relatives; they perceive the presence of Indonesian domestic workers in Saudi Arabia as representing a moral and economic failure on the part of the Indonesian government and the women's families.
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governments on manpower exports in 1983; in that year 47,000 Indonesians went to Saudi Arabia. Their numbers grew rapidly; in the five-year period starting in 1989, Saudi Arabia took in a total of 384,822 Indonesian workers, 59% of all labour migration from Indonesia during that period. Indonesian
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in the course of their religious studies, which eases their communication with their employers; Saudi Arabia as a destination is more likely to appeal to devout Muslims such as the typical students at these schools, and employers in Saudi Arabia are also more comfortable hiring Muslims. However,
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by labour brokers and their employers, and the Indonesian government is reluctant to advocate very strongly on their behalf, for fear that the Saudi government might respond by cutting back on the number of visas issued to Indonesians performing the
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A large number of Indonesian expatriates in Saudi Arabia also work in diplomatic sectors or are employees to local or foreign companies located in various provinces of Saudi Arabia such as
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thus they decided to stay in Saudi and their descendants have become Saudi citizens ever since. Many of them also married with women who came from different parts of the
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and stayed permanently in Saudi. Their descendants today are recognizable with their family name originating from their forefathers' origins back in Indonesia, such as "
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Mohammed Saleh Benten, Menteri Arab Saudi Keturunan Banten. Ini Profilnya (Mohammed Saleh Benten, A Saudi Minister of Banten Descent. This is his Profile)
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Mantan Dubes RI: 50 Persen Penduduk Makkah Keturunan Indonesia (Former Indonesian Ambassador: 50 percent Mecca residents are of Indonesian descent
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Silvey, Rachel (2005), "Transnational Islam: Indonesian Migrant Domestic Workers in Saudi Arabia", in Falah, Ghazi-Walid; Nagel, Caroline (eds.),
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Silvey, Rachel (2004), "Transnational Migration and the Gender Politics of Scale: Indonesian Domestic Workers in Saudi Arabia, 1997-2000",
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Husson, Laurence (1997), "Les Indonésiens en Arabie Saoudite pour la foi et le travail/Indonesians in Saudi Arabia for worship and work",
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through one of the 27 polling stations set up for them in the kingdom; they represented nearly half of all Indonesians in the
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Diederich, Mathias (2004), "Indonesians in Saudi Arabia: religious and economic connections", in Al-Rasheed, Madawi (ed.),
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residents are of Indonesian descent. This has been possible because of trade between the two nations, since the era of the
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Recruiters seeking to hire Indonesian women to work in Saudi Arabia typically focus their efforts on
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The former Indonesian Ambassador to Saudi Arabia, Gatot Abdullah Mansyur, stated that 50% of
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The Indonesian government signed an agreement with Saudi Arabia and other
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Bad Dreams: Exploitation and Abuse of Migrant Workers in Saudi Arabia
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by sea during the late 19th century until the mid 20th century for
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Roughly 39,000 Indonesians in Saudi Arabia registered to vote in
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Migrant workers in the Gulf Cooperation Council region
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domestic workers find themselves quite vulnerable to
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