Indonesian Migrant Workers' Remittances Reach Rp141 Trillion in 2015
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In 2015, Indonesia experienced a 23 percent increase in remittance inflows compared to the previous year. The World Bank's 2016 *Migration and Remittances Factbook* reported that in 2015, remittances from Indonesian migrant workers abroad reached US$9.4 billion, or approximately Rp 140 trillion.
According to Nusron Wahid, the Head of the Indonesian National Agency for Placement and Protection of Indonesian Workers, as quoted by *neraca.co.id*, the increase in remittances was due to higher salaries for Indonesian migrant workers in the Middle East and Taiwan. This salary increase was triggered by concerns about Indonesian migrant workers returning to Indonesia and not returning to their workplaces.
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