The government now has a much-needed regulation on the recruitment of migrant fishers from Indonesia. What next?
- Written by Wayne Palmer, Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter, Bielefeld University

Early last month, the Indonesian government announced a single system for regulating the recruitment and contracting of migrant fishers, which was long-awaited by migrant rights activists.
The new set of rules aims to make recruitment more orderly and improve the welfare of Indonesian migrant fishers – who end up...