The number of foreign workers (TKA) in Indonesia peaked in 2011 at 77,307 workers, during the presidency of Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY). SBY served as President of the Republic of Indonesia from 2004-2014.
Reports of millions of Chinese workers flooding into Indonesia throughout 2016 are not supported by data. In fact, the number of foreign workers in Indonesia from January to November 2016 only reached 74,000, according to work permits issued by the Ministry of Manpower and Transmigration. Of these, only 21,000 were from China.
In 1995, the number of foreign workers in Indonesia reached 57,000. However, following Indonesia's financial crisis, the number of foreign workers decreased, reaching its lowest point in 2000 at only 14,713 workers. After that, it experienced an upward trend until 2011.
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