The Indonesian State’s Response to Migration

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ID7323496
AuthorsRiwanto Tirtosudarmo (0000-0002-7615-7739, corresponding author)
Year1999
Volume14
Issue1
Pages212-228
Publication date1999-04-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Social Issues in Southeast Asia (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0217-9520 • E-ISSN: 1793-2858
PublisherISEAS - Yusof Ishak Institute (PUBLISHER • SG)
DOI10.1355/sj14-1i
OpenAlexW2067160201
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited2

This paper first sets emigration issues and policies within the historical context of Dutch colonial rule in which emigration from Java to the Outer Islands formed part of the Ethical Policy. This is followed by a discussion of post-colonial emigration policies in which out-migration from Java continues to remain a key agenda and which reflects the persistence of dominant state and elite interests. The discussion also shows how transmigration from Java to the Outer Islands evolved from being a welfare tool of solving problems of overpopulation, poverty, and landlessness in Java, to one of economic development and regionalization even as it has negatively impacted indigenous populations. A third section discusses the patterns and characteristics of the international migration of Indonesian workers within state development plans. The paper concludes with a discussion of state responses towards this international migration by Indonesian workers, and makes the point that exodus looks set to continue in the light of deepening economic and political crises in the country

Indonesian · Linguistics · Political science · State (computer science · Asian Studies and History · Computer Science · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Philosophy · Socioeconomic Development in Asia

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